books about: confections

books about: confections

books:

Confections

Chocolate Obsession: Confections and Treats to Create and Savor

Michael Recchiuti, Fran Gage

"Stewart, Tabori and Chang", 2005

beyond obsession...
Anyone who loves chocolate beyond healthy amounts (hehe) needs this book! The best brownie recipe - EVER - should be the selling point here! The recipes are not for the "semi-homemade people" if you know what I mean - set aside time to love and enjoy the process of ...

Chocolates and Confections: Formula, Theory, and Technique for the Artisan Confectioner

Peter P. Greweling, The Culinary Institute of America (CIA)

Wiley, 2007

Can't Wait to get started on these recipes!
Great Book! If you're looking for the hard to find ingredigents ie Invert Sugar try pastrychef.com.

Truffles, Candies, and Confections: Techniques and Recipes for Candymaking

Carole Bloom

Ten Speed Press, 2005

Super candy book for everyone.
This is the best book that I have ever bought on candy making. It is clear and very easy to use--and the recipes are all my favorites. I really like the chocolate truffles that Carole does and the peanut brittle is the best I have ever had. I am going to make ...

Truffles, Candies, & Confections: Elegant Candymaking in the Home

Carole Bloom

Crossing Press, 1996

Chocolate Bliss for the Home Chocolatier
Carole Bloom says that this book is "all about pleasure" on page 1. This 200-page book includes recipes and techniques for making a wide variety of candy and chocolates right in your own home. The book is organized topically into chapters: Introduction, Ingredients, ...

Creams, Confections, and Finished Desserts (French Professional Pastry Series)

Roland Bilheux, Alain Escoffier

Wiley, 1998

This series leaves very little to guesswork. Not for novices
An excellent and complete manual for French pastry. These classic techniques are taught to every French pastry apprentice. They are all basic instuctions but very detailed and can be built on very easily. Only caveat: the ingredients used are French and/or European ...

Chocolate Epiphany: Exceptional Cookies, Cakes, and Confections for Everyone

Francois Payard, Anne E. Mcbride

Clarkson Potter, 2008

A REAL TREASURE FOR THE CHOCOLATE LOVER
This book is on a level that few chocolate, or to that matter dessert, pastry etc books have reached. It shouts quality from every point of view: From the excellent cover, to the gloss pages ,on to the beautiful photographs and finally to the most important aspect, the ...

Confection-ery: Mix and Match Stationery

Amy Ennis

Chronicle Books, 2005

good stationery set
Fun and creative. Bought as a gift for my little sister and she seems to enjoy it.

The Artful Cookie: Baking & Decorating Delectable Confections

Aaron Morgan

Lark Books, 2006

Professional "How-Tos" for Easy, Elegant Cookies
This delightful book shows, step-by-step, how to create elegant confections from basic cookie dough. "The Artful Cookie" explains in simple detail, how to prepare four basic dough recipes and four recipes for glaze, ganache and icings. In clear language, Pastry Chef, ...

Confection-ery Gift Wrap Kit
Amy Ennis Achaibou

Chronicle Books, 2008

Perfect for birthdays and holidays, these delightful and scrumptious gift wrap designs will have both the giver's and receiver's mouths watering for more. Includes: 20 sheets of wrapping paper (17-3/4 by 27-1/2 in) in four designs 20 gift tags 2 rolls of ribbon (2 colors, 9 feet each) 2 rolls of string (2 colors, 9 feet each) 30-40 stickers ...

A Baker's Field Guide to Holiday Candy & Confections: Sweet Treats All Year Long

Dede Wilson

Harvard Common Press, 2005

From marshmallow peeps for Easter to Christmas Ribbon Candy and hand-formed Chocolate Leaves for Thanksgiving
From marshmallow peeps for Easter to Christmas Ribbon Candy and hand-formed Chocolate Leaves for Thanksgiving, HOLIDAY CANDY & CONFECTIONS: SWEET TREATS ALL YEAR LONG is a guide which may have missed our December issue, but which holds importance and value far beyond a ...

The Everything Chocolate Cookbook: A Chocolate-Lover's Dream Collection of Cookies, Cakes, Brownies, Candies, ...

Laura Tyler Samuels

Adams Media Corporation, 2000

The Nothing Chocolate Cookbook
I am not familiar with the "Everything Series", but after this miserable cookbook, I doubt that I ever will. I disagree with virtually everything in the first two chapters; they cover basics about types of chocolate, tools, and skills. They are incomplete, ...

1001 Chocolate Treats: The Ultimate Collection of Cakes, Pies, Confections, Drinks, Cookies, Candies, Sauces, ...

Gregg R. Gillespie

Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 1996

A simply glorious dessert cookbook
Compiled and organized by Gregg R. Gillespie, 1001 Chocolate Treats is a simply glorious dessert cookbook featuring virtually every imaginable way to create chocolate taste sensations. A "must-have" for true chocolate lovers, color photographs of each recipe enhance ...

Making Fine Chocolates: Flavour-infused Chocolates, Truffles and Confections
Andrew Garrison Shotts

Apple Press, 2007

Christmas Sweets and Holiday Treats: 40 Vintage Recipes for Festive Cookies, Confections, and Other Delights
Allison K. Leopold

Clarkson Potter, 1995

A collection of heirloom recipes for delicious sweets--from gingerbread men to white wine fruitcake--for holiday entertaining and gift-giving. A bright red cover glows with Christmas warmth, and the green silk ribbon makes the book itself an irresistible treat. 50 4-color photographs.

The Christmas Cookie Deck: 50 Delicious Holiday Confections (Epicurean Delights)

Lou Seibert Pappas

Chronicle Books, 2004

Delicious!
I received this set as a Christmas gift two years ago and I've given several of them for Christmas gifts ever since. The recipes are solid and the photos are beautiful. I really like that each recipe is on a card and I am not balancing a huge book as I'm trying to ...