324413 Fri Sep 08 20:28:48 -0700 2006 11 31 Home Cooking 0 1863649 Anyone know a great chocolate cookbook. I'm looking for something that would have high quality recipies for truffles, mousse, souffle, cakes and pies, etc. Thanks. Fri Sep 08 20:28:48 -0700 2006 10132 sku 1 1863665 Weird. No more than 20 minutes ago, I purchased this book for my friend Ilana: http://www.amazon.com/Art-Chocolate-Techniques-Spectacular-Confections/dp/081181811X/sr=1-3/qid=1157747491/ref=pd_bbs_3/104-1105353-6282336?ie=UTF8&s=books We must be having a chocolate mind-meld. Fri Sep 08 20:33:29 -0700 2006 1863649 16490 Bostonbob3 1 1863844 Maida Heatter's Book of Great Chocolate Desserts. A favorite, ecently reprinted after being out of print for a while. I am not sure if the new edition has been redesigned- mine has simple illustrations, but the recipes have been fabulous. Fri Sep 08 21:27:07 -0700 2006 1863649 15919 Leslie 2 1864392 I like that one too. Also, Chocolate Desserts by Pierre Herme for fancier things. Sat Sep 09 01:55:17 -0700 2006 1863844 13150 babette feasts 1 1863927 Marcel Desaliner's Death By Chocolate, also his Desserts to Die For are both good. I often turn to The Joy of Chocolate too Fri Sep 08 21:56:25 -0700 2006 1863649 10285 Candy 1 1864022 I use Bittersweet by Alice Medrich a lot -- great recipes and easy to follow. Fri Sep 08 22:38:04 -0700 2006 1863649 14047 TerriL 1 1864052 I second Bittersweet. Excellant truffle and brownie recipes. As well as everything else. I lost my copy and I have been pining for it ever since. -Becca Fri Sep 08 22:47:26 -0700 2006 1863649 11259 Becca Porter 1 1864138 Also take a look at Rose Levy Beranbaum's translation of A Passion for Chocolate by the Bernachon brothers. Fri Sep 08 23:29:34 -0700 2006 1863649 11407 JoanN 2 1866760 I have that and have never made anything out of it. Any suggestions? Sun Sep 10 19:01:43 -0700 2006 1864138 10285 Candy 3 1867129 I've made the chocolate truffles with the hazelnut/rum ganache (outstanding!), the brownies (nothing unusual in the ingredients or the technique, but they're the best ever IMHO), the chocolate pound cake with the syrup/Kahlua option, the gateau Saint-Honore with the caramel (not at all difficult and a real wowzer), and the profiteroles filled with ice cream instead of pastry cream. There are so many others I'd like to try, but most are not recipes you toss together the morning of a party. And, truth to tell, very few things in the kitchen intimidate me but puff pastry does. One of these days I'll have to get over it just to try the petit pain au chocolat. Sun Sep 10 22:24:49 -0700 2006 1866760 11407 JoanN 1 1865274 The Great Book of Chocolate by David Lebovitz- surely it was a 'hound who recommended this to me? It is great, compact and very thorough! Sat Sep 09 18:33:41 -0700 2006 1863649 10462 stlSarah 1 1866769 I just was looking over my chocolate and dessert books and would like to suggest Lora Brody's Growing Up On a Chocolate Diet. The famous Trianon recipe is in there. It is heaven. Sun Sep 10 19:04:35 -0700 2006 1863649 10285 Candy