Does anyone have any recommendations as far as books on chocolate? I
am looking for something that gives good foundation info, as well as
giving ideas/instructions on tempering, blending chocolates/candy
making, etc.

Thanks,
SC

at Wed, 22 Dec 2004 02:09:07 GMT in <1103681347.436764.84030
@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>, (SC) wrote :

>Does anyone have any recommendations as far as books on chocolate? I
>am looking for something that gives good foundation info, as well as
>giving ideas/instructions on tempering, blending chocolates/candy
>making, etc.

Christine McFadden, Christine France, "The Ultimate Encyclopedia of
Chocolate", ISBN# 0-7651-9476-7

This is the book, IMHO, to get, were you to get only one book on chocolate,
and your aim is not just baking but also confectionery. Good info,
generally accurate, nice pictures. I also like the fact that the pictures
of finished baked items are actually *realistic* in terms of what they're
going to turn out like - i.e. they don't look like jaw-dropping works of
art.

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Alex Rast

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"Alex Rast" > wrote in message
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> at Wed, 22 Dec 2004 02:09:07 GMT in <1103681347.436764.84030
> @c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>, (SC) wrote :
>
>>Does anyone have any recommendations as far as books on chocolate? I
>>am looking for something that gives good foundation info, as well as
>>giving ideas/instructions on tempering, blending chocolates/candy
>>making, etc.
>
> Christine McFadden, Christine France, "The Ultimate Encyclopedia of
> Chocolate", ISBN# 0-7651-9476-7
>
> This is the book, IMHO, to get, were you to get only one book on
> chocolate,
> and your aim is not just baking but also confectionery. Good info,
> generally accurate, nice pictures. I also like the fact that the pictures
> of finished baked items are actually *realistic* in terms of what they're
> going to turn out like - i.e. they don't look like jaw-dropping works of
> art.
>
> --
> Alex Rast
>
> (remove d., .7, not, and .NOSPAM to reply)

I've found The Chocolate Bible by Christian Teubner (sp?) to be very good. I
just ordered a book called Fine Chocolates by Wybauw (sp?) from JB Prince
for a jaw-dropping $99.50 that sounds excellent. I'll let you know when it
gets here.

Most chocolate books have very little in the way of confectionery, as
opposed to baking. Most candy-making books are useless unless you want to
make low-grade junk. That's why TCB is so good--lots of professional
confectionery.

I haven't seen the book Alex recommends, so I have no opinion of it.

SC wrote:
> Does anyone have any recommendations as far as books on chocolate? I
> am looking for something that gives good foundation info, as well as
> giving ideas/instructions on tempering, blending chocolates/candy
> making, etc.
>
> Thanks,
> SC
>
The best on the market....."Tha art of chocolate" by Elaine Gonzalez