Tuesday, January 20, 2009

300 Best Chocolate Recipes or Thai Cooking

300 Best Chocolate Recipes

Author: Julie Hasson


All the rich delights of chocolate captured in one volume of decadence.

Only chocolate is so rich, smooth and satisfying for so many of us. Whether bittersweet, semisweet, milk or white, there is a chocolate for everyone to love. Square or chip, grated or melted, the world's favorite baking ingredient is chocolate.

300 Best Chocolate Recipes is an outstanding collection of chocolate recipes originally published in two books, 125 Best Chocolate Chip Recipes and 125 Best Chocolate Recipes. This delicious array of recipes ranges from the traditional to the sophisticated, and from the simple to the challenging.

Featuring incredibly creative and luscious recipes for everything from cakes, cookies, pies, breads, puddings, bars, squares and muffins to hot and cold beverages and sauces, these are fail-safe recipes for a baker with any level of experience. Here is a sampling:


  • Chocolate-dipped coconut macaroons

  • Raspberry chocolate chip cookies

  • High-octane espresso chip morning muffins

  • Chocolate mousse cake

  • Double chocolate cheesecake ice cream.



Every recipe is easy to follow -- and works to perfection every time.



Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Common Ingredients

Tools and Equipment for Perfect Desserts

Kitchen Tips

Breakfasts

Breads, Sandwiches and Scones

Muffins

Cakes

Cupcakes

Pies, Tarts and Pastries

Cookies, Bars and Squares

Candies, Snacks and Other Treats

Puddings and Mousses

Frozen Desserts

Sauces, Syrups, Frostings and Spreads

Beverages

Sources

Index

See also: Tecnologia determinata commercio

Thai Cooking: From the Siam Cuisine Restaurant

Author: Kwanruan Aksomboon

Siam Cuisine is a unique restaurant in Berkeley, California, which has been acclaimed since the early eighties for serving authentic Thai food rivaling that in Bangkok restaurants. Gathered here are more than 100 recipes for their superbly cooked dishes—chicken simmered in red curry with coconut and bamboo shoots...prawns and calamari with sweet basil and chilies...coconut soup with pickled garlic and red preserved bean curd.



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