Chocolate Bar
Author: Matt Lewis
From the creators of Chocolate Bar, New York City’s candy store for grown-ups, comes Chocolate Bar—a delicious ode to the sweet that entrances so many, with more than 30 recipes from such stellar chocolatiers as Jacques Torres and Andrew Shotts. These range from classic cookies, brownies, and retro desserts to such renegade treats as White Chocolate Lemon Cream, Spiced Meatballs. . . even a chocolate body scrub! Co-founders Lewis and Nelson espouse a stylish philosophy of fun and enjoyment, with the focus on baking, drinking, dining, and entertaining with chocolate. They also explain how to “educate” one’s chocolate palate by exploring products with various cacao percentages, origins, textures, aromas, and tastes. Readers will learn how to throw a chocolate tasting party, a swank chocolate martini soiree, a ski lodge get-together complete with chocolate fondue and hot toddies, or a celebration of childhood choco-centric memories, with the emphasis on sundaes, fudges, ice creams, and other nostalgic indulgences. Using Chocolate Bar’s own unique entertaining and party ideas, they explain why chocolate is appropriate—indeed, necessary—for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
Table of Contents:
| Acknowledgments | 11 | |
| Our Philosophy | 13 | |
| Introduction | 14 | |
| Classic chocolate redefined | 16 | |
| Keep It Simple | 19 | |
| Fizzle the Drizzle | 20 | |
| Presentation Is, Well, Almost Everything | 22 | |
| Holidays with a Twist | 25 | |
| Classic Recipes | 29 | |
| Johnnie Walker Black Chocolate Pudding | 30 | |
| Red Velvet Cake | 32 | |
| Truffles Galore | 36 | |
| Dark Chocolate Ice Cream with White Chocolate Swirl | 42 | |
| Easy Ice Cream Concoctions | 45 | |
| Deep Dark Brownies | 46 | |
| Chocolate Fudge Layer Cake | 50 | |
| Spiced Oatmeal Chocolate-Chip Cookies | 53 | |
| White Chocolate-Macadamia Nut Cookies | 54 | |
| Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes | 56 | |
| Peanut Butter Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache Icing | 58 | |
| Retro reconfigured | 63 | |
| Boardwalk Inspirations | 65 | |
| Dime Store Candy Land | 66 | |
| Chocolate Candy: A Look Back | 68 | |
| Retro Recipes | 71 | |
| Chocolate Icebox Cake | 72 | |
| Chocolate Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies | 76 | |
| Double Fudge | 78 | |
| Amazing Chocolate Malted | 82 | |
| Colossal Chocolate Sundae Mountain | 84 | |
| Better-than-Tootsie Taffy | 86 | |
| The Chocolate Jiggle | 88 | |
| Egg Cream | 90 | |
| Peanut Butter Perfect Pie | 92 | |
| Creamy Chocolate Kahlua Pie | 95 | |
| Chocolate Souffle Tart | 96 | |
| Swank stuff | 101 | |
| The Groove is in the Martini Glass | 103 | |
| Chocolate, the Life of the Party | 104 | |
| Tastings | 111 | |
| Swank Recipes | 117 | |
| Chocolate Hennessey Fondue | 118 | |
| S mores Tart | 120 | |
| Spiced Cocoa Meatballs | 124 | |
| Mole Skewers | 128 | |
| White Chocolate Lemon Cream Mousse | 132 | |
| Shiny Chocolate-Orange Tartlettes | 134 | |
| Versatile Hot Chocolate | 138 | |
| Chocolate Martini | 140 | |
| The "Shaker" | 141 | |
| The future is now | 143 | |
| Chocolate by Design | 145 | |
| Chocolate: It's Not Just for Eating Anymore | 148 | |
| Artistic Recipes | 153 | |
| The Ultimate Sauces | 154 | |
| Chocolate Fantasy Tower Cake | 156 | |
| How to Decorate: Temper, Marble, Doodle, Curl, and Cocoa Transfer | 160 | |
| Body Scrub | 164 | |
| Mudslide Cookies | 166 | |
| The quickest route to knowing everything chocolate | 169 | |
| A Very Brief History | 171 | |
| Cacao & You | 174 | |
| Chocolate Is Not Going To Kill You | 176 | |
| The obligatory stuff | 181 | |
| Kitchen Equipment | 182 | |
| Glossary | 185 | |
| Where to Buy | 187 | |
| Additional Sources | 189 | |
| Index | 190 |
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The Taste of Dreams: An Obsession with Russia and Caviar
Author: Vanora Bennett
The Taste of Dreams is both a quest for the romantic Russia of the author's dreams, and a tale of amazement as she discovers and gets caught up in the new, anarchic Russia emerging from its Soviet constraints. At its heart is the story of caviar: beluga, the rarest type of sturgeon, harvested from the Caspian Sea. It is now an endangered species, and no one knows how—or wants—to stop the plunder. People kill for it.
Library Journal
London Times correspondent Bennett (Crying Wolf) has a foreigner's knack for catching Russia's contradictions. From the cramped living conditions in a land so vast to the gourmand attitude in a country of rations and long lines, she knows the tension among the government, the land, and the people, and how all three shape one another. Part memoir and part travelog, this book captures a lot about Russia, not least the sense that there is always something vaguely menacing just beyond view: the low-level radiation in vegetables, a burst of random gunfire in the distance, a sudden governmental decision to devalue the ruble, the disappearance of friends. Russia is a hard place to explain to people who haven't been there, but Bennett gets the feel of it right. Recommended for both public and academic libraries of all sizes. Travis McDade, Ohio State Univ. Law Lib., Columbus Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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