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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By E. Bauer
Format:Paperback
I wish I had read the reader reviews of this book before attempting a recipe from it. I spent the afternoon making the chocolate chip muffins from the book and they turned out rubbery and tasteless, and looking nothing like the photo in the book. Not a good sign. And a waste of almost a pound of premium chocolate.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
By I. Seligman
Format:Paperback
This is an overpriced book of untested recipes that are shamelessly recycled/exchanged from many other books by writers France, and McFadden without even changing the same dreary photo or bad recipe. Such books by this duo include:
1. The Cook's Encyclopedia of Chocolate
2. Chocolate Fantasies
3. Chocolate Ecstacy
4. Ultimate Encyclopedia of Chocolate
This would not be such a bad thing, except the recipes in these author's books will rarely look as good as the pictures, and with the untested mishmash of ingredients, will not taste anywhere as good as they look.
The creations are made by professional food stylists, who sometimes add a bit more ingredients to their glossy photos than is ever in the recipes...that's your first warning.
If you go so far as to bake or otherwise create these, you will have your 2nd and last warning...and then it's too late...
Keep looking on Amazon, and buy a book from someone who isn't out to make 20 books from the same 200 barely tested or completely untested recipes.
Be happy with your cooking, and try instead such goodies as:
Art of Chocolate by Gonzalez
Truffles, Candies, and Confections by Carole Bloom
Chocolate Obsession by Michael Recchiuti
Pure Chocolate: Divine Desserts by Fran Bigelow
Bittersweet: Recipes and Tales from a Life in Chocolate by Alice Medrich
1. The Cook's Encyclopedia of Chocolate
2. Chocolate Fantasies
3. Chocolate Ecstacy
4. Ultimate Encyclopedia of Chocolate
This would not be such a bad thing, except the recipes in these author's books will rarely look as good as the pictures, and with the untested mishmash of ingredients, will not taste anywhere as good as they look.
The creations are made by professional food stylists, who sometimes add a bit more ingredients to their glossy photos than is ever in the recipes...that's your first warning.
If you go so far as to bake or otherwise create these, you will have your 2nd and last warning...and then it's too late...
Keep looking on Amazon, and buy a book from someone who isn't out to make 20 books from the same 200 barely tested or completely untested recipes.
Be happy with your cooking, and try instead such goodies as:
Art of Chocolate by Gonzalez
Truffles, Candies, and Confections by Carole Bloom
Chocolate Obsession by Michael Recchiuti
Pure Chocolate: Divine Desserts by Fran Bigelow
Bittersweet: Recipes and Tales from a Life in Chocolate by Alice Medrich
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By M. Sullivan
Format:Paperback
This book is great for chocolate loving people. I have made several of the recipes which were simple and delicious, and won me praise by my friends and family. Some of the measurements are a little more difficult since I don't typically use ml, or grams to measure ingredients. Still, a great book to have when entertaining!
0 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By "kmerck"
Format:Paperback
This is not a cookery book! A totally absorbing read. Believable characters you can warm to and a twist in the tale. Read it and enjoy!
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