Cooking with Chocolate: Essential Recipes and Techniques

Reading this book is better than reading most novels. Wow. Beautiful photos and that make me want to try every recipe. The instructions are clear and the ingredients are common. There are a few fun new tools to find, but that is part of expanding my knowledge and kitchen base...new tools like stainless steel rulers which hold up what I would describe as a long, thin chocolate ganache tart. Very clever and not hard to do. The recipes I've tried are exquisite and I can't want to cook the entire book...so much to learn and wonderful chocolaty foods to enjoy. This book is a masterpiece.

This book covers all the fundamental chocolate techniques in detail with a variety of basic recipes to demonstrate the point and to showcase some variations. It then dedicates over 1/2 of the book to creations that incorporate many of these fundamental techniques. For beginner and expert alike, there is great content in this book.I would also say that, unlike some other chocolate books, this book is well suited for the candy-hating chocoholic who loves the flavor and richness of chocolate but does not like particularly sweet food.

i love this book, it has a lot of step by step pictures, good recipes for those who love baking, include: cakes, tarts, brownie,candy, the recipes is from the best chefs, the pictures are so tempting, buy the book, it worth it.

If you have any questions about chocolate, this book is a must. Amazing illustrations, recipes and techniques.

I really enjoyed reading the individual blurbs from each chef, and the introduction to the book has more detail about the actual process of cooking with chocolate than I have found elsewhere. However, I wasn't blown away by the recipes; some are incredible, some are fairly poorly written (the ingredient list and/or instructions). In at least two instances that I have noticed, the ingredient list doesn't actually give an amount or weight (e.g. it just says, milk & chocolate), and the instructions do not further elucidate the proportions necessary to achieve the final product. In another case, one ingredient is called for within two different sections of the instructions, while another ingredient is left out of the process. It may just be a translation error, or a printing error, but still... There are also some recipes where detail is lacking: "heat for a while, then blah blah blah". The photography is gorgeous, and I want to eat everything in this cookbook, but it's a pretty pricey cookbook for so many errors, especially when pastry is a field where precise measurements matter.

Very good and informative book! The item came in good condition and excited with the recipes inside! Also, there are a lot of info on chocolates!

Great book for any cook who loves chocolate. The recipes and explanations make it accessible to everyone.

The book was a little more intense than i thought it would be..photos are wonderful and the recipes are easy to follow

En un libro de este precio y estas características (tapas duras) el embalaje debería ser mejor para salvaguardar las esquinas.

I have bought many of the 'big name' chocolate books available including the ones you will be pointed to when you do a search in this category(notter,curley etc) but this is both the most comprehensive and best of them all.content,photos,binding are of exceptional quality,an excellent dvd is also included,i only came across this book by accident,it does not feature usually when searching books on chocolate,as you are reading this review congratulate yourself as you like me have been lucky enough to stumble upon a hidden gem.

wonderful.. a must for every baker.

beautiful book with amazing pictures

I have several other recipe books mostly proffessionals this one far the best.I'm not a professional I just like to create sweet masterpieces that everyones craves for.Valrhona has put their chefs to work and produce a really great book it's more than a recipe book it explains a lot how to be done and why.It's all about chocolate but not only.It can be used by home makers or professionals.Just keep in mind for excellent taste use the best ingredients!