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Field Guide to Candy: How to Identify and Make Virtually Every Candy Imaginable Paperback – Illustrated, August 1, 2009

by Anita Chu (Author), Tucker + Hosler (Photographer)

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At last, a field guide to making and identifying virtually every candy imaginable, from peanut-butter cups to mint meltaways!

Field Guide to Candy is the definitive guide to candies from around the world, with more than 100 recipes and variations on such tried-and-true classics as caramel apples, rocky road, and lollipops as well as traditional international favorites like Turkish delight, truffles, and French pralines.

This delectable guide introduces readers to the best techniques for creating chocolates; sugary sweets; creamy, sticky, chewy candies; nutty treats; and fun and simple classics. Every candy is photographed in glorious full color, with step-by-step instructions on how to prepare, make, and store your creations. Entries include fascinating historical background, helpful baking notes, and serving suggestions for each delicious variety.

Whether you’re a candy-making novice or veteran pastry chef, mouth-watering homemade confections are minutes away with Field Guide to Candy!

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352 pages
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English
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Quirk Books
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August 1, 2009
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4.48 x 0.98 x 5.85 inches
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9781594744198
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Anita Chu is a graduate of Tante Marie’s Professional Pastry program, a former baker for Bittersweet Chocolate Café, and the author of Field Guide to Cookies. She channels her love of sweets, writing, and photography into her award-winning Web site, Dessert First. She lives in San Francisco.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 159474419X
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Quirk Books; Illustrated edition (August 1, 2009)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781594744198
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1594744198
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.48 x 0.98 x 5.85 inches

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David S. Brown

Nice

Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2019

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Wow, lots of great recipes and photos. It reminds me of my mother’s candies she always made for the family.

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Good things come in little packages...

Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2013

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I love eating candy... As much as I do making it! If you are the kind of person who enjoys creating things (and I bet you are, since you are looking at this book), then you will enjoy making your own sugary confections found in this book. The only but I have is the size of it. It's such a tiny book that you need to transcribe your recipe, because the book itself won't keep opened next to your usual place for putting books on the kitchen counter! (What? You don't have one of those? Uh? Is it only me, then?)

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elvin

Not many photos

Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2018

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I love all of the recipes and the few pictures were nice, but when I find an interesting one that I want to try, I have to look it up to see what I'm aiming for.

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K. Cottrell

A waste of shelf/ counter space

Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2009

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i was fooled by the great name and lovely cover of this book. sadly, it could be ok as a novelty gift, but it's not much use as a cookbook.

first, the recipes aren't very good. i'm a hobbyist candy maker- not a pro, but i know caramel from brittle. the recipes in this book are poorly explained, and either overly complicated, or completely improbable, or both.

second, most of the book is filler (for example, the recipe for gummie bears is EXACTLY the same as the recipe for gummie worms, except the portions are double- why write out the entire recipe again?!). it is full of random thoughts and ideas that any decent editor should have cut out. how many times does a candy cookbook need to suggest that candy makes a nice gift? (certainly not every other recipe!)

lastly, the size, layout and formatting of the book make it impossible to use as an actual cookbook. it is certainly not a book you can have open on the counter while you cook. the inside pictures are small, not very appealing, and several of them seem unlikely to be homemade candy, plus they are all together in the photo section, not adjacent to the recipes.

the tidbits of history were interesting for several of the candies, but forced for others (why are you taking up space in my cookbook to speculate about where or when something MIGHT have been created?!), and certainly not worth the price of admission.

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Judy

Needs to be larger

Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2020

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Absolutely love this book.!!! I hate the size of it to small. But has a wealth of information!!

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Rita F.

A must have goody book

Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2020

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Great little book, alot of easy and delicious recipes.

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CJA

Candy Making? This is what you want.

Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2013

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I have checked out many books from the library on candy making, and most have been a disappointment. Here is a little book that is crammed with every kind of candy recipe you want...not just chocolates. It's a great reference. Every accomplished cook/baker will want this in his/her library.

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Lisa

Not what I expected

Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2014

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This shows you a bunch of different homemade candies, and how to make them. Not as international as I hoped, but if you want to make most kinds of basic candy, you will probably like it.

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Spyro

Good

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 26, 2018

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This book is a mixture of history, culture and recipe and includes a huge range of sweets, which makes it very appealing. There's a section of colour photos in the middle, illustrating the sweets, but it would have been better to have them with their recipes, I think. Disappointingly, the book is very small (but thick), and as a recipe book (as opposed to a 'field guide'), it isn't especially user friendly. The print is small, and the binding is so tight that the spine is likely to break fairly quickly with actual use. It's great to have so many sweet recipes together in one place though.

Blueiain

Good book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 18, 2013

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Perfect book for my new found cooking skills, lots of recipes to choose from, will be trying some of them out this weekend

Denise sheridan

Follow instruction to ensure the receipt works.

Reviewed in Canada on January 12, 2019

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Great book. Receipt are excellent.

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