Chocolate Bliss: Sensuous Recipes, Spa Treatments, and Other Divine Indulgences [Hardcover]

Susie Norris (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 20, 2009

Need more chocolate in your life?

CHOCOLATE BLISS is a celebration of all things chocolate: types and flavors, health and beauty benefits, origins, baking secrets, ecological influences, and gifting delights. With must-have recipes like Fudgey Hearts of Darkness, antioxidant-rich offerings like Blueberry Cocoa Nib Crumble, and luxurious indulgences like Salty Chocolate Body Scrub, there’s no reason not to treat yourself–and your friends–to the chocolate life.

Editorial Reviews

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“Anyone who loves chocolate will swoon from Susie Norris’s ode to the world’s most seductive ingredient.”
–David Lebovitz, author of The Great Book of Chocolate and The Perfect Scoop

From the Publisher

* Better living through chocolate: a stylish, feel-good gift book for any woman who needs more chocolate in her life.
* Chocolate is the food most commonly craved by women.
* World consumption rises 3 percent per year and chocolate production struggles to keep up within this multi-billion dollar industry.
* Includes 25 to 30 recipes for must-have treats (Deepest Darkest Fudge Brownies) and luxurious indulgences (Salty Chocolate Body Scrub).

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Celestial Arts (October 20, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1587613476
• ISBN-13: 978-1587613470
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 0.7 x 7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,606,127 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Susie Norris is a cookbook author, artisan chocolatier, pastry chef/instructor and TV producer. Her chocolate business, HAPPY CHOCOLATES (www.happychocolates.com), was featured on Food Network and in More Magazine and her articles have been printed in numerous publications. She served as Associate Chef/Instructor at California School of Culinary Arts (Le Cordon Bleu Program) and her first book,CHOCOLATE BLISS, will be released by Random House/Celestial Arts in November 2009. She currently writes for Zester Daily (www.zesterdaily.com) and her next book is about vanilla.

Prior to her work in the food business, Susie was Vice President of Series Television at Disney and held similar positions at Nickelodeon, CBS, NBC and Turner Network Television. She has a B.A. degree in English Literature from Boston College and a Certificate in Professional Baking from Epicurean School of Culinary Arts and Barry Callebaut Chocolate Academy. She also produces television programming with her husband, TV writer Jacob Epstein, and divides her time between Los Angeles and the Berkshires of Massachusetts.

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Susie Norris

Chocolate Bliss Sensuous Recipes, Spa Treatments, and Other Divine Indulgences Oct 2009 Ten Speed Press Pastry chef, instructor, TV producer, chocolatier, cookbook author and general guru of all things chocolate Susie Norris delivers a gem of a book dedicated to the culture and cuisine her favorite subject. Not only does Norris provide chocolate recipes to sate even the most demanding choco-philes, she offers an introduction to the world of chocolate that opens up the much-loved, if oft underestimated, ingredient to a wider appreciation. Norris wants her reader to get to know chocolate on a more intimate level, whether that reader is pastry chef, fellow chocolatier, or mere enthusiast; she offers instructions on setting up a "tasting flight" for chocolate after the fashion of wine and provides lists of online resources useful for purchasing and further education. In addition to a wealth of savory and sweet recipes featuring chocolate, Norris' book delves into the varieties, origins, and uses of chocolate, as well as its health benefits, gift-giving potential, and topical quotes from fellow chocolate lovers.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A masterpiece, December 27, 2009

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Gourmand (New York NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chocolate Bliss: Sensuous Recipes, Spa Treatments, and Other Divine Indulgences (Hardcover)

If you feel like exploring indulgence and flirting with danger and sin--without taking too many risks--chocolate is the thing for you. This book tells you how to get the most out of it. It's also beautifully produced and makes a great gift. This book made my Christmas--

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Blissful Book, October 29, 2009

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Gardenaria (los angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chocolate Bliss: Sensuous Recipes, Spa Treatments, and Other Divine Indulgences (Hardcover)

It's wonderful to see chocolate treated as comprehensively as Susie Norris treats it here--as a time-honored, cross-cultural food staple that is also a special and complicated pleasure for us aficionados, and--surprise!--good for us in many ways. This is a beautiful book that offers devotees even more opportunities to work chocolate into their lives. Chocolate as beauty product? Who knew! Whether you're someone who indulges regularly or suffers from fear-of-chocolate and refrains, Chocolate Bliss will give you the information you need to feel good about your habit, or to cultivate it less guiltily!

3.0 out of 5 stars Not quite what I was expecting, February 3, 2011

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This review is from: Chocolate Bliss: Sensuous Recipes, Spa Treatments, and Other Divine Indulgences (Hardcover)

This book advertises itself as a book of recipes, but it contains very few for its page count. I bought this book for the spa treatment section, only to discover only 4 recipes. I do plan on trying the recipes out, but I'm not sure I would have bought the book if I had known how little help it was going to be.