The Joy of Chocolate Author:Judith Olney Chocolate of course is the stuff of which fantasies are made. Rich, dark, velvety-smooth fantasies that envelop the senses and stir the passions. Chocolate is madness; chocolate is delight. — This is a book of chocolate fantasies. It is a celebration of chocolate, a state-of-the-art guide to the possibilities inherent in that most incomparable be... more »an. Author Judith Olney, whose splendid "Entertainments" won the coveted R. T. French Tastemaker Award in 1982, has unleashed her imagination once again in this fabulous collection of recipes designed for us chocomaniancs.
You'll behold chocolate in all its infinite variety: chocolate chip cookies, chocolate honeycombs, double-dipped chocolate-covered cherries - shall we go on? - brandied chocolate bavarian, chocolate raspberry trifle, fudge ice cream (no vanilla here!) - and how about all those chocolaty cakes and pies, those mousses and malteds, those swirling parfaits and puddings -- O wondrous book! -- the chocolate madeleines and chocolate glaceed pears, the candied orange and ginger florentines, the strawberry tree fondue (Strawberries dipped in molten chocolate! What a surfeit of pleasure!) and - perhaps the ultimate statement in chocolate - Judith Olney's designer brownies.
If you're concerned that many or most of these specialties loom beyond your culinary reach, fear not: the simplicity and straightforwardness of the recipes will take you by surprise. You don't have to be a Careme or a Lenotre to concoct these chocolate marvels.
In short, this book represents chocolate's finest hour. The intoxicating ideas... the superb recipes... the dazzling color photos - but we won't detain you any longer. Turn these pages, good reader, and experience "The Joy of Chocolate"!« less