Chocolate Desserts to Die For!
"Bev Shaffer's Chocolate Desserts to Die For! features more than a hundred recipes for chocolate-infused baked goods, confections, puddings, frozen desserts and drinks rounded out with chocolate trivia, tips, tastings and emerging trends. As if that weren't tempting enough, the pages are generously sprinkled with mouthwatering photos, witty captions and choco-centric quotes. Chocoholics rejoice!" -Sarah Hodge, Amazon top reviewer and home baker "Bev is the goddess of chocolate. You'll love using this book . . ." -Rocco Whalen, chef, owner of Fahrenheit and Rosie & Rocco's Beans, powders, or bars of dark, milk, white, bittersweet, Dutch-process, and unsweetened chocolate have been a major part of European civilization since the Spaniards brought it home from the Aztecs in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The glorious flavors and textures of chocolate are celebrated in this delicious compilation of recipes by award-winning chef Bev Shaffer. Shaffer provides an exhaustive introduction to the basics of chocolate: how to recognize good chocolate, temper chocolate, melt chocolate (using several methods), and even chop chocolate. She covers how to keep chocolate from seizing and how to recover it if it does. She even outlines how to store chocolate-that is, if there is any left! This cookbook provides a thorough explanation of the language of chocolate that will make even the novice a chocolate expert. Shaffer's recipes run the gamut from the simplest of chocolate sauces to the most decadent of cheesecakes. Irresistible offerings include Chocolate Crumb-Crusted Chocolate-Caramel Cheesecake, Individual Hot Chocolate Cakes, and the most decadent of truffles. Shaffer includes instructions on how to host a chocolate tasting and the essential tools for any chocolate chef. Much more than a cookbook, this volume will become an essential reference work for every chocoholic! Bev Shaffer is a chef, culinary instructor, and author, and has been a fixture on public television networks for years. She is the recipient of two International Culinary Writing Fellowships, was chef in residence for vanilla.com, and was featured in Chocolatier magazine for her Double Chocolate Raspberry Tart. Bownies in hand, Schaffer presented a Winter Comfort Food Workshop at the James Beard House in New York City and served as a featured guest speaker at the Natural History of Chocolate and the Natural History of Sugar events at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. As a chef with Vitamix, she specializes in recipe development and education. Her blog, featuring kitchen gadgets and culinary necessities, is aptly named Gadget Freak. As a member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals, Chefs Collaborative, Women Chefs and Restaurateurs, and a founding member and president of Les Dames d'Escoffier-Cleveland-Northeastern Ohio Chapter, Shaffer has championed the cause of food education. She is the author of Brownies to Die For!, Cookies to Die For!, Cakes to Die For!, and the Mustard Seed Market and Café Natural Foods Cookbook, all available from Pelican. Shaffer lives and bakes in Ohio.