Synopses & Reviews
Let your New Yearand#8217;s resolution be and#147;Eat more chocolate.and#8221; With Jacques Torresand#8217; A Year in Chocolate as your guide, you wonand#8217;t have any difficulty sticking with it from January right on through December.
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From the elegant Poached Pears with Chocolate Fondue to serve on New Yearand#8217;s Day and a festive Band#251;che de Noand#235;l 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 calendarand#8217;s worth of treats sure to make every celebration more luscious.
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All the holiday classics are featured here: Valentineand#8217;s Day bonbons, a molded chocolate Easter Bunny, ice cream sundaes for the Fourth of July, and Chocolate Caramel Corn for Halloween. But for Torresand#8217; chocolate-drenched imagination, tradition is also a springboard; among the bookand#8217;s many fanciful creations are Chocolate-Covered Matzohs for the Passover seder and a Chocolate Tamale to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.
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Adapting all his recipes for the home cook, Torres showcases his favorite chocolate creationsand#151;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.
Synopsis
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.
About the Author
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.
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Steve Pool is a New Yorkand#150;based photographer and writer with a special interest in documenting food in its natural setting.