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Title: Cocolat: Extraordinary Chocolate Desserts by Alice Medrich, Patricia Brabant ISBN: 0446514195 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 1990 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $35.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 5
Rating: 5
Summary: Terrific! Terrific! Terrific!
Comment: I not only have this book but also have Alices book, Cookies and Brownies. Her recipes are wonderful, from there taste to there beauty! The instruction in the book is easy to follow. I would recommend this to anyone that loves chocolate (Who Doesn't) One of the other reviews on this book stated that she must have used a machine to make the chocolate ruffles. I was lucky enough to attend a class at Sur La Table (an excellent cookware store) the instructor was Alice herself! We learned exactly how to make the beautiful ruffles by hand. It was not hard and they turned out beautiful. Like with any good cookbook you have to read the instruction carefully. With a little bit of practice the ruffle technique can be done beautifully. You will impress your family and friends with your creations from using this wonderful book. I would recommend highly to anyone wanting to learn about chocolate.
Rating: 5
Summary: BUY THIS BOOK! The story of chocolate from One Who Knows.
Comment: If you love things chocolate and like to make them, then this is the book you have been waiting for. Personally, my obsession is truffles. I have been searching for years for a domestic equivalent to the bittersweet truffles I used to buy at chocolatiers in Paris, but to no avail. Everything I could get in SoCal was either too sweet, too old, or not chocolatey.
Not so here. These recipes produce truffles just like the ones I remember from France: a grown-up treat, not the over-sweetened, over-flavored, dried-up disappointments we have imported or made here. I have only tried the recipes for truffles, but I plan to work my way through the rest of the book, recipe by recipe, the cakes and pastries too. Truffles are so easy to make! Excellent technical information on the handling of chocolate from a writer who is obviously sharing her inside tips. Do what Alice Medrich says, and you can't go wrong. Good mail order sources, copious (and luscious) photos and illustrations. Also, an inspiring and colorful story of someone with an idea who just couldn't let go of it no matter what. In an oversize format, the book itself is a pleasure in the hand and a literal feast for the eye. I plan to give it to friends for Xmas
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent book
Comment: Book covers: introduction, Alice's thoughts on ingredients and chocolate, cakes, tortes, mousses, truffles, brownies, where to buy stuff, and techniques. I've tried both truffle recipes (they are very easy and can be done in 1.5 hours!) and both are excellent. Alice has since modified the French chocolate truffle recipe to include mixing the eggs with boiling water (instead of water in the chocolate) to keep it safe from salmonella. A beautiful book, with tons of incredible photos and glossy pages. One thing that struck me though, was that a few of the chocolate ruffles shown were obviously created using an automatic "ruffle maker" (you grind them out circularly from a cylinder of chocolate) instead of by hand as the rest of us have to do, and as she describes in the book. That irritated me a little. I think for total beginners there are better books from which to learn which equipment to buy, to learn about ingredients, and the like. For instance There is no section on how to cut your cake into 3rds (not as easy as it appears). It's hard to give more specific examples, it's just a general feeling that some of the things in the book are not totally easy to do. But I love the concept of the desserts that Alice has designed, the recipes look correct, and the 2 I've tried were great. And out of the 4 baking books I own, this is by far the most beautiful. Compared to Pie/Pastry and Cake Bibles and Baking with Julia I feel this book is less suited for the beginner if it's the only book you get - if you have more baking books than this book is wonderful. This book is also well-suited for the intermediate who wants to further develop style in creating desserts and also familiarity with chocolate.
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Title: Alice Medrich's Cookies and Brownies by Alice Medrich, Kelly Burke, Michael Lamotte ISBN: 044667818X Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 1901 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Art of Chocolate: Techniques & Recipes for Simply Spectacular Desserts & Confections by Elaine Gonzalez, Frankie Frankeny ISBN: 081181811X Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: 1998 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Chocolate and the Art of Low-Fat Desserts by Alice Medrich ISBN: 044651666X Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 1994 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: A Year in Chocolate: Four Seasons of Unforgettable Desserts by Alice Medrich, Michael Lamotte, Sara Slavin, M. Susan Broussard, Morla Design ISBN: 0446526649 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 24 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Chocolate: From Simple Cookies to Extravagant Showstoppers by Nick Malgieri ISBN: 0060187115 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 1998 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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