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Jacques Torres' a Year in Chocolate: 80 Recipes for Holidays and Special Occasions

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ISBN13: 9781584796428
ISBN10: 1584796421
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Let your New Years resolution be “Eat more chocolate.” With Jacques Torres A Year in Chocolate as your guide, you wont have any difficulty sticking with it from January right on through December.

 

From the elegant Poached Pears with Chocolate Fondue to serve on New Years Day and a festive Bûche de Noël filled with chocolate cream and ornamented with meringue mushrooms, to homemade Easter eggs and autumnal Pumpkin Seed Brittle, the world-renowned pastry chef and chocolatier presents us with a calendars worth of treats sure to make every celebration more luscious.

 

All the holiday classics are featured here: Valentines Day bonbons, a molded chocolate Easter Bunny, ice cream sundaes for the Fourth of July, and Chocolate Caramel Corn for Halloween. But for Torres chocolate-drenched imagination, tradition is also a springboard; among the books many fanciful creations are Chocolate-Covered Matzohs for the Passover seder and a Chocolate Tamale to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.

 

Adapting all his recipes for the home cook, Torres showcases his favorite chocolate creations—from traditional French pastry to classic American treats. With 150 ecstasy-inducing photos of the finished dishes, A Year in Chocolate will be the chocolate cookbook of the season.

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Adapting all his recipes for the home cook, Torres--world-renowned pastry chef and chocolatier--showcases his favorite chocolate creations, from traditional French pastry to classic American treats. 150 photos throughout.
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Classically trained in France, Jacques Torres was pastry chef at Le Cirque for 11 years and now serves as dean of pastry studies at the French Culinary Institute in New York. In 2000, Torres opened his own chocolate factory in Brooklyn, and in 2004 he opened Jacques Torres Chocolate Haven in lower Manhattan. He is the author of Dessert Circus and Dessert Circus at Home. Torres lives in New York City.

 

Steve Pool is a New York–based photographer and writer with a special interest in documenting food in its natural setting.

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IMIS, December 20, 2008 (view all comments by IMIS)
I love this book not only because of the unbelievably gorgeous pictures of chocolate and chocolate pastries that make your mouth water, but also because it has some of the best recipes, and most are easy to proceed with.
It also teaches you chocolate techniques such as how to temper chocolate which is a must-know when making truffles, chocolate lollipops, or basically any chocolate from scratch.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781584796428
Subtitle:
80 Recipes for Holidays and Special Occasions
Publisher:
Stewart, Tabori and Chang
Photographer:
Pool, Steve
Author:
Kruid, Kris
Author:
Torres, Jacques
Author:
Choate, Judith
Subject:
Desserts
Subject:
Cookery (Chocolate)
Subject:
Holiday cookery
Subject:
Courses & Dishes - Chocolate
Subject:
Courses & Dishes - Desserts
Subject:
Chocolate
Edition Description:
Hardcover w/Dust Jacket
Publication Date:
20081101
Binding:
Hardback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
150 color photos
Pages:
200
Dimensions:
10 x 9 x 0.88 in 2.7 lb
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Product details 200 pages Stewart, Tabori, & Chang - English 9781584796428 Reviews:
"Synopsis" by , Adapting all his recipes for the home cook, Torres--world-renowned pastry chef and chocolatier--showcases his favorite chocolate creations, from traditional French pastry to classic American treats. 150 photos throughout.
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