Maida Heatter's Book of Great Chocolate Desserts - Softcover

Heatter, Maida

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0679765336 ISBN 13: 9780679765332

Publisher: Random House, 1995

Synopsis

Chocoholics rejoice! Heatter's perennial favorite has everything for the chocolate-loving cook--cakes, cookies, pies, puddings and more. Each recipe is precisely detailed, and Heatter provides valuable advice on cooking techniques, ingredients and equipment.

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Review:

When it was first published in 1980, Maida Heatter's Book of Chocolate Desserts became a New York Times bestseller and then won a James Beard award. The book is Heatter's third, a mouthwatering compendium of superb but easily achieved chocolate cakes, cookies, pies, puddings, confections, sauces, and more. Like all of Heater's books, Chocolate Desserts balances good taste with warm, meticulous instruction that anticipates and addresses every question and concern a dessert-maker might have. Cooks at every skill level, from amateur to professional, will find Heater's recipes, and their results, a joy.

Arranged by categories like cakes, pastries, and cold and hot desserts, the hundreds of recipes are a chocolate-lover's dream come true. There are classic Heatter offerings, like her Palm Beach Brownies, the ultimate in dark, chewy fudginess, and her Positively-the-Absolute-Best Chocolate Chip Cookies (they are). Other must-make treats include Amaretto-Amaretti Chocolate Cheesecake with Chocolate Cigarettes, Chocolate Merry-Go-Round Cake, Chocolate Pecan Angel Pie, and 4-Star French Chocolate Ice Cream. The book begins with a comprehensive introduction to ingredients, equipment, and techniques and is filled throughout with Heatter's invaluable advice. Drawings by Toni Evans illuminate the exemplary text. --Arthur Boehm

About the Author:

Maida Heatter, a member of Chocolatier magazine's Hall of Fame and two-time recipient of the James Beard Award, has written many award-winning cookbooks. Maida Heatter's Book of Great Chocolate Desserts was an immediate New York Times best-seller when it was first published in 1980. The self-professed Chairperson of the Board of Chocolate Lovers Association still says her favorite dessert is "anything chocolate."

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0679765336
• ISBN 13: 9780679765332
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 428