I Want Chocolate! (Paperback) by Deseine, Trish

For millions of people, chocolate represents nostalgia, comfort, and the sheer joy of the irresistible. I Want Chocolate! offers a scintillating mix of chocolate recipes both simple and complex. For the kids, there's Chocolate French Toast, Sleeping Teddies, and Top Hats, while grown-ups can indulge in more sophisticated cakes, cookies, sauces, custards, mousses, tarts, and sweet cordials. The book simplifies key techniques to make easy work of batters, dips, and drops. A Tricks of the Trade section outlines equipment musts for any homegrown chocolatier. Deseine's treatment of this transcendently tasty ingredient covers all its forms, from eggs on Easter, to chocolate-flavored variations on old favorites like shortbread, to the sinfully rich Black Forest Trifle. 200 color photos are featured in this glorious array of holiday, seasonal, and anytime recipes to please even the most demanding chocoholic.