num_pages: 192
description: This is not just a book of masterful recipes, tips, techniques, and meticulously detailed, easy-to-follow instructions. It is an extravagant paean to decadent desserts. Filled with luscious creations and lavish artistry-Chocolate Swan Truffles, Enchanted Forest Torte-this definitive guide to working with chocolate is unusual because it is written with beginners in mind. A cooking teacher with decades of experience, Elaine Gonzalez has devised innovative techniques to put the art of working with chocolate within everyone's reach. After mastering a few basics, any cook can create shimmering cakes, seductive truffles, and amazing chocolate sculptures. With The Art of Chocolate , even novices will soon roll, curl, twist, coax, and nudge chocolate to dizzying heights of fantasy.
language: English
title: The Art of Chocolate: Techniques and Recipes for Simply Spectacular Desserts and Confections
titlecomplete: The Art of Chocolate: Techniques and Recipes for Simply Spectacular Desserts and Confections
genres: Nonfiction, Cooking, Food, Cookbooks
ratings_count: 37
publisher: Chronicle Books