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Chocolat  by Stephan Lagorce
The book explains the principles of chocolate tasting and how to use all our senses to really appreciate chocolate. It also covers the best combinations and partnerships for chocolate with other ingredients including wine and fruit. There is a selection of 40 stylish recipes to taste chocolate in all its forms from cakes to drinks. The final section of the book is practical. Hints and tips on how to get the most out of chocolate, including buying advice, how to store it, where to buy it

,  160 pp,  $39.99. Buy now

Chocolatesmarts  by Julie Tucker
From cocoa beans to chocolate bars, ChocolateSmarts offers everything you ever wanted to know about this delightful treat, and then some. This fun, informative game features 60 question and answer cards and a tips guide all about the history, culture, and creation of your favorite chocolate indulgences.

Kit,   $23.95. Buy now

Chocolate Wallet Notecards 

Cards,   $14.95. Buy now

Chocolate: The History of Chocolate v. 1  by Paule Cuvelier
Beautifully produced and presented in an attractive box, this two-volume celebration of one of the world’s most beloved confections is a must for chocoholics everywhere. Its mouthwatering photographs, taken by one of France’s leading food photographers, are feasts for the eyes, making Chocolate an ideal gift. In the first volume, The History of Chocolate, chocolate lovers can discover the fascinating story behind this global favorite, and how the discovery of the cocoa bean and its subsequent transformation into a valuable commodity changed the face of history. This volume looks at the processes involved in transforming the raw bean into delectable confectionary, as well as the cultural role it played, with the establishment of Europe’s fin

,  192 pp,  $59.95. Buy now

Chicken Soup for the Chocolate Lover’s Soul  by Jack Canfield, Patricia Lorenz and Mark Victor Hansen and others
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt‚” once said Charlie Brown’s creator cartoonist Charles M. Schulz. From the era of the Mayans in Central America to our day‚ everyone has savored chocolate. In the 21st century‚ the black-brown aromatic bean is more versatile than ever. It comes candied‚ roasted‚ confectioned and baked. It’s the romantic couple’s flavor of choice. The World Cocoa Foundation estimates that as many as 50 million people depend on the cocoa bean for their livelihood. Chocolate has even been conferred its own museum. In Chicken Soup for the Chocolate Lover’s Soul‚ men and women alike try to dissect their love and craving for chocolate-whether writing about its soothing effect on the taste bu

Paperback,  220 pp,  $20.95. Buy now

I’m Dreaming of a Chocolate Christmas  by Marcel Desaulniers
No one knows chocolate like Marcel Desaulniers, whose bestselling, award-winning books have made his name synonymous with luscious chocolate desserts. Now Desaulniers has created the ultimate holiday baking book for chocolate lovers everywhere, packed with full-color photography. The 72 chocolate treats and desserts you’ll find inside are guaranteed to draw oohs and ahhs from your family and friends, and many are also straightforward to make-which means you’ll have time to enjoy Christmas, too!

,  224 pp,  $37.95. Buy now

101 Chocolate Treats: Good Food Magazine  by Jeni Wright and Jeni Wright
Whatever the occasion, whatever the mood, there’s always a place on the menu for chocolate whether it’s cakes and bakes for tea-time, cookies for hungry home-coming schoolchildren, or sophisticated dinner party desserts. In Good Food 101 Chocolate Treats, the team at BBC Good Food Magazine brings you an array of simple recipes from Mocha Fudge Cake and Pear, Hazelnut and Chocolate Cake to Pistachio, Orange and Oat Crumbles and Cappucino Bars. This provides a feast of treats so you can truly tantalise your tastebuds.

Paperback,  216 pp,  $13.95. Buy now

Enlightened Chocolate  by Camilla V. Saulsbury
Enlightened Chocolate is the first volume in the Enlightened Cooking series. Including both savory and sweet chocolate recipes, it is the first compendium cookbook exclusively devoted to light chocolate recipes. It also offers guidelines for using chocolate and cocoa as multipurpose flavorings to deepen and enhance dishes while adding health benefits. The recipes are divided into five chapters: * Morning Chocolate Fix * Sublime Snacks * Main Dish Chocolate * Decadent Desserts * Sweet & Savory Extras (including sauces, spice rubs, salsas, and other condiments)

,  256 pp,  $32.95. Buy now

Divine Heavenly Chocolate Recipes with a Heart  by Linda Collister
The book will be printed by one of the world’s leading print companies on superior quality 130gsm matt-coated art paper, stitched and cased, gold-blocked on the case with head and tail bands fixed and with a coloured bookmark ribbon attached. The case will be covered with a full-colour dust jacket. The Divine Chocolate recipe book is an unashamedly gorgeous celebration in recipes and pictures of the wonderful chocolate produced by the Divine Chocolate Company – chocolate made from the cocoa beans supplied by the Kuapa Kokoo farmers of Ghana, part owners of the Divine Chocolate Company. These are some samples of heavenly chocolate delights: Chocolate Macaroons Swedish Chocolate Fingers White Chocolate Strawberry Cream Cake Double Chocolate P

,  192 pp,  $65.00. Buy now

Chocolates and Confections  by Peter P. Greweling
Chocolate and candy making today is undergoing a renaissance in public awareness and status. This comprehensive book combines artisan confectionery techniques with accessible explanations of the theory and science as well as formulas for use in production. Fundamental information for the confectioner includes ingredient function and use, chocolate processing, and artisan production techniques. The book contains 140 formulas and variations for beautiful confections, including dairy-based centers, crystalline and noncrystalline sugar confectionery, jellies, and nut center and aerated confections

,  388 pp,  $90.95. Buy now

300 Best Chocolate Recipes  by Julie Hasson
Is there any food as rich, smooth and satisfying as chocolate? Whether it is bitter or sweet, dark, milk or white, there is a chocolate for everyone to love. No wonder it is the world’s favourite baking ingredient. This collection of outstanding chocolate recipes ranges from the traditional to the sophisticated, and includes cakes, biscuits, pies, breads, puddings, muffins and beverages: Chocolate at Breakfast Breads, Sandwiches and Scones Muffins Cakes Pies, Tarts and Pastries Cookies and Bars Puddings and Mousses Frozen Desserts Sauces, Syrups and Spreads and, Beverages. All of the rich delights of chocolate captured in one volume of decadence. This book features incredibly creative and luscious recipes, illustrated in 32 pages of lip-sma

Paperback,  384 pp,  $27.95. Buy now

The Chocolate Companion: A Connoisseur’s Guide  by Chantal Coady
This sumptuously illustrated, comprehensive book does for fine-quality chocolate what authoritative wine guides have achieved in the area of fine wines. Here in one glorious volume is everything chocolate lovers could hope to know about the object of their passion. Beautifully designed with over 200 full-color photos, this irresistible book is a seductive gift for “chocolytes” everywhere

Paperback,  160 pp,  $26.95. Buy now

The Essence of Chocolate: Recipes from Scharffen Berger Chocolate Makers and Cooking with Fine Chocolate  by John Scharffenberger and Robert Steinberg

,  383 pp,  $48.95. Buy now

Chocolate & Vanilla  by Gale Gand
Vanilla is the lingerie of baking: It’s an invisible essential, but when given the spotlight, it’s sexy and alluring. In this flip/cookbook, Gand offers recipes for irresistible sweets that showcase vanilla’s beguiling flavour. With one section devoted to desserts using whole vanilla beans-think Vanilla Raspberry Rice Pudding with Lemon-Vanilla Caramel and Late-Night Vanilla Flan-and another focusing on extract-such as Vanilla-Blueberry Crumb Cake and Boston Cream Cupcakes. Love Chocolate? Gand offers thirty luscious, tempting recipes, from simple treats such as Chocolate-Praline Cake in a Jar and Creamy Dreamy Walnut Fudge to impress-the-guests desserts that include Mexican Hot Chocolate Fondue.

,  144 pp,  $31.95. Buy now

“Green and Black’s” Chocolate Recipes 

Paperback,   $39.99. Buy now

Epicure Chocolate 

Paperback,  200 pp,  $34.95. Buy now

Chocolate Therapy  by Kathy Farrell-Kingsley
A chocolate cookbook, combining 100 recipes with tips on how chocolate works to lift your spirits and fight depression. It contains fun chocolate trivia, and quotes reminding chocolate-lovers everywhere that they are not alone

Hardback,  224 pp,  $25.95. Buy now

Chocolate and Baking  by Gina Steer
This work presents a best-selling subject in our best-selling format. The 384 page cookbooks, with a recipe per spread, full step by step instructions and a set of simple ingredients provide the perfect range of dishes for cooks of all abilities.

Paperback,  384 pp,  $14.95. Buy now

Chocolate French  by A.K. Crump
Takes readers on a culinary tour of the world of chocolate. Filled with recipes, facts, and restaurants, this book explores chocolate from several angles, featuring anecdotes from Proust, songs by Trenet, and fashion by the noted designer Rykiel. It shows how delicious chocolate dishes can be easily made and integrated into everyday activities

Paperback,  192 pp,  $27.95. Buy now

Hot Chocolate  by Michael Turback
A chocoholics compendium of more than sixty tempting recipes from chocolatiers from around the world features such concoctions as Lavender-Pistachio Hot Chocolate, Maple-Whiskey Hot Chocolate Toddy, Nutella Hot Chocolate, and many others, along with listings of ingredient resources and a history of liquid chocolate. Original.

Paperback,  160 pp,  $13.95. Buy now