Chocolate Chocolate

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'Chocolate Chocolate' is a dream cookbook that blends how-to information and more than 200 sublime recipes with a delicious collection of chocolate essays and reminiscences. Complemented by 155 stunning color photographs that artfully express these dishes in all their chocolate glory, here is a timeless reference all home bakers will return to again and again as a source of instruction, inspiration... and sheer indulgence.

From the Publisher

Deep, dark, and fudgy. Moist and luxurious. Seductively rich.

For award-winning author Lisa Yockelson, chocolate has long been an obsession, a craving, a calling. Now she fulfills the calling in ChocolateChocolate, a dream cookbook that blends how-to information and more than 200 sublime recipes with a delicious collection of chocolate essays and reminiscences.

ChocolateChocolate reveals baking with chocolate as a sweet and simple art, one that is both rewarding and accessible. The book's unique "baking diary" format arranges chapters by theme, reflecting Yockelson's fresh and personal approach to baking. From comforting Brownie Style favorites to dashing Double Chocolate and Mudslide confections, temptation beckons from every page.

The book can be used in several ways - to find a recipe for a sweet that's just packed with chocolate, to learn how chocolate behaves in the baking process, to gather information on the various types and uses of chocolate, and, of course, to simply rejoice in what surely must be the most luxurious of all flavors.

Complemented by 155 stunning color photographs that artfully express her specialties in all their chocolate glory, here is a timeless reference all home bakers will return to again and again as a source of instruction, inspiration...and sheer indulgence.

Review

Yockelson (Baking with Flavor) has produced a book that is both encyclopedic and deeply personal, combining detailed information, clear instructions and engaging anecdotes. Even the most seasoned cacao bean lover will find surprises among the 200-plus recipes, while bakers at every level of expertise will appreciate the meticulous guide to techniques and ingredients (which includes a chart showing the relative strengths and uses of 180 different chocolates, from powders to Milky Way bars and imported brands). Recipes are organized around flavors, textures and themes, like "Back-to-Basics Chocolate Cakes," "Chocolate Pancakes" and "Mudslide." Whether explaining the family history of Chocolate Chip Cracks or Grandma Lily's Marble Cake, or the technical challenges of Bittersweet Chocolate Creams or Sweet Chocolate Streusel Tea Biscuits, Yockelson expands the reader's stereotypes about chocolate. It's a complex and seductive ingredient for grown-up eaters and the most sophisticated cooks. With 150 color photographs in a lush, oversized format, this work is destined for a long life on every serious baker's shelf. Agent, Mickey Choate. (Aug.) (Publishers Weekly, May 9, 2005)

Review

Publishers Weekly Annex
"It's a complex and seductive ingredient for grown-up eaters and the most sophisticated cooks. With 150 color photographs in a lush, oversized format, this work is destined for a long life on every serious baker's shelf."

More about the book

Chocolate in every possible form is lovingly and intelligently addressed in this delectable baking book that impressively doubles as a sourcebook on all things cacao. From Layered Chocolate Cookie Brownies to Butterscotch Peanut-Chip Saucers, there is something here for anyone who appreciates this rich, delectable sweet as Lisa Yockelson moves from kitchen and pantry needs to chapters such as "Black Bottom Cupcakes, and More," "Chocolate and Toffee," and "Liquid Chocolate and Homemade Marshmallows." Recipes include Crumb-Crusted Cocoa-Coconut Brownies, Essence-of-Vanilla Souffle, and Heirloom Devil's Food Layer Cake. Featuring close-up, full-color photographs that highlight every textured morsel of these chocolate sensations. By the author of BAKING BY FLAVOR.

With Appreciation.

A Chocolate Journal.

The Flavor of Chocolate.

Techniques.

The Baking Pantry.

Outfitting the Baking Kitchen.

Brownie Style.

Back-to-Basics Chocolate Cakes.

Black Bottom Cupcakes, and More.

Chips and Chunks.

Chocolate and Streusel, Chocolate and Nuts.

Chocolate and Toffee.

Chocolate Birthday Cakes.

Chocolate Bread.

Chocolate Coffee, Bundt, and Pound Cakes.

Chocolate in Big Muffins, Biscuits, and Scones.

Chocolate in Layers.

Chocolate Memories.

Chocolate Pancakes, Chocolate Waffles.

Chocolate Tender, Chocolate Crunchy.

Chocolate, Caramel, and Nuts-a-Turtle Twist.

Deep, Dark, and Bittersweet.

Double Chocolate.

Flourless and Almost-Flourless Chocolate Cakes.

Heirloom Chocolate Cookies.

Mudslide.

Liquid Chocolate and Homemade Marshmallows.

Storing and Freezing Chocolate Baked Goods.

Sources.

Bibliography.

Photography Plate for Ingredients.

Index.