Full name: The New Taste of Chocolate: A Cultural and Natural History of Cacao with Recipes

Author: Maricel E. Presilla Year: 2000 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781580081436 9781580089500 1580081436 158008950X

Cacao importer and chocolate expert Maricel Presilla takes chocoholics to new territory‚Äîto the almost primeval plantations of Latin America, where the world's first, and today's finest, cacaos are grown. Presilla, who is at the forefront of the revolution in fine chocolate making, explains that the flavor and quality of chocolate depend on the complex genetic profiles of different cacao strains and on cacao farmers carrying out careful, rigorous harvesting and fermentation practices. With 25 recipes from internationally known pastry chefs and chocolatiers like Pierre Herm?© and Elizabeth Faulkner, and directions for making chocolate at home, THE NEW TASTE OF CHOCOLATE elevates our taste for this food of the gods to a whole new level.‚Ä¢ Presilla is a cacao supplier for premier chocolate makers, such as Scharffen Berger and Guittard, and a consultant to the world's top pastry chefs.‚Ä¢ Over 100 gorgeous location, identification, and food photos. Similar books: Chocolate by Mort Rosenblum Making Artisan Chocolates by Andrew Garrison Shotts Chocolates and Confections by Peter P. Greweling The True History of Chocolate by Sophie D. Coe Cocolat by Alice Medrich Hot Chocolate by Michael Turback Pure Chocolate by Fran Bigelow Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management by Isabella Beeton Cooking for Friends by Gordon Ramsay Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand How Not to Die by Michael Greger The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel A. van der Kolk The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis Marley & Me by John Grogan Being Mortal by Atul Gawande Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom