The Chocolate Connoisseur: For Everyone With a Passion for Chocolate - Softcover

Doutre-Roussel, Chloe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1557885036 ISBN 13: 9781557885036

Publisher: HP Trade, 2006

Synopsis

An expert and irresistible book for everyone who loves chocolate.

Few people know as much about chocolate as ChloƩ Doutre-Roussel. In this unique book she shares her knowledge and her passion with chocolate lovers who will:

- Learn to differentiate between good and bad chocolate
- Discover wonderful new brands to savor and enjoy
- Find out how to select brands to reflect mood and time of day
- Learn to taste chocolate like a connoisseur

Filled with information on the history, culture, lore, and culinary aspects of the world's finest chocolate, including recipes, this charming book is the most decadent dessert any chocolate lover can have-without the calories.

About this title

About the Author:

Chloé Doutre-Roussel is one of the world's top chocolatiers. On sale December 5, 2006 The chocolate buyer for Fortnum & Mason in London, she is launching her own line of quality, gourmet chocolates called Chloé Chocolate.

From Publishers Weekly:

The chocolate buyer for the London department store Fortnum & Mason has taken it upon herself to educate the world about life beyond Snickers bars; the difference between "candy" and true ("artisanal") chocolate, and then between chocolate and chocolates (bonbons); and how to learn to love the good stuff, en route to becoming a chocolate connoisseur oneself, as skilled as any wine or cheese taster. Her approach is that of an unabashed and evangelical snob, a bracing combination of Mary Poppins and Miss Manners. Along the way, Doutre-Roussel skewers some sacred cows—Belgian chocolates, Godiva—and lists with approval a dozen brands most people have never heard of, with, fortunately, mail-order and online sources to find them and instructions on how to savor them when found. This is a beautiful little book, chockfull of charming pictures, maps, charts and graphs, sidebars and boxes of advice, lore and even a few recipes. Paired with a few choco-gourmet samples, it would make a scrumptious Valentine's gift for nearly anyone. (Feb.)
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About this edition

• Publisher: HP Trade
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1557885036
• ISBN 13: 9781557885036
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224