Chocolate - A Healthy Passion

Chocolate - A Healthy Passion
Author: Shara Aaron
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2010-04-06
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1615921311

Luscious photography and enticing recipes bring the appreciation for chocolate to a new level. Aaron and Bearden are leading nutritionists who were among the first to communicate the exciting news that dark chocolate may enhance health.

Chocolate Unwrapped

Chocolate Unwrapped
Author: Rowan Jacobsen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003
Genre: Cacao
ISBN: 9781931229319

Detailing the positive physical and psychological effects of chocolate, this book explores its colorful history, botany, and chemistry. Explaining the science behind chocolate, common myths about chocolate--that it causes acne, allergies, migraines, and hyperactivity--are dispelled, and its benefits--tannins in chocolate actually help prevent cavities--are revealed. Providing medical information relating to chocolate's high antioxidant levels and beneficial effects in terms of heart disease, cancer, aging, stroke, and Alzheimer's disease, the book also includes information regarding chocolate's mental health benefits. The included recipes provide a multitude of healthy ways to eat chocolate, from flourless chocolate cake to Mexican mole, and a comprehensive list of resources shows chocolate lovers where to find the best-quality chocolates around the world.

Chocolate Passion

Chocolate Passion
Author: Tish Boyle
Publisher: Wiley
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2012-10-30
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 9781118431092

Chocolatier magazine editors share their passion for chocolate, with recipes and techniques for creating spectacular chocolate desserts. Blending passion with expertise, this book will become a chocolate lover's instant favorite. Fifty-four luscious new recipes developed and tested by editors at Chocolatier magazine celebrate chocolate at its best, including the whimsical Tahitian Vanilla Swirls, the elegant Milk Chocolate Mousse Roulade, and the smooth, sophisticated Black Satin Chocolate Raspberry Cake. With separate sections on white, milk, and dark chocolate, and gorgeous full-color photographs of techniques and finished desserts, Chocolate Passion makes it easy to learn and master the secrets of working with every type of chocolate. Tish Boyle (New York, NY) is Food Editor and Timothy Moriarty (New York, NY) is Features Editor of Chocolatier and Pastry Art and Design magazines. They are the authors of Grand Finales: The Art of the Plated Dessert and A Modernist View of Plated Desserts.

Chocolate and Health

Chocolate and Health
Author: Philip K. Wilson
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2015-05-18
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1849739129

Following on from their previous volume on Chocolate as Medicine, Philip K. Wilson and W. Jeffrey Hurst edit this companion volume, Chocolate and Health, providing a comprehensive overview of the chemistry, nutrition and bioavailability of cacao and chocolate. The book begins with a brief historical introduction to the topic, outlining the current and historical medical uses of chocolate and chocolate derivatives. The remainder of the text is arranged into three sections, taking the reader through various aspects of the nutritional and health aspects of cacoa. The first section covers the cultivation, chemistry and genome analysis of cacao. The second section discusses the biochemistry and nutritional components of cacao in relation to health, covering bioavailabilty and the metabolism and metabolomics of cacao. The final section provides an overview of the potential use of chocolate in health and medical care. Each section is written and prepared by experts within each field, providing a global perspective of the current and ongoing research in this area. This text provides the reader with a complete overview of the field and is of interest to food and biomedical scientists, as well as nutritionists, medicinal chemists and anyone with an interest in chocolate.

Chocolate, the Consuming Passion

Chocolate, the Consuming Passion
Author: Sandra Boynton
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Total Pages: 116
Release: 1982
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 9780894801976

Sandra Boynton brings smiles to every chocolate lover.

A Passion for Chocolate

A Passion for Chocolate
Author: Maurice Bernachon
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Total Pages: 398
Release: 1989
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 9780688075545

Collects easy-to-follow recipes for chocolate delights, from simple classics--chocolate pound cake and eclairs--to exotic treats--buche de noel and chocolate souffle

The Great Book of Chocolate

The Great Book of Chocolate
Author: David Lebovitz
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2004-04-15
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1580084958

A compact connoisseur's guide, with recipes, to today's cutting-edge array of chocolates and chocolate makers from former Chez Panisse pastry chef David Lebovitz. In this compact volume, David Lebovitz gives a succinct cacao botany lesson, explains the process of chocolate making, runs through chocolate terminology and types, presents information on health benefits, offers an evaluating and buying primer, profiles the world's top chocolate makers and chocolatiers (with a whole chapter dedicated to Paris alone!), and shares dozens of little-known factoids in sidebars throughout the book. The Great Book of Chocolate includes more than 50 location and food photographs, and features more than 30 of Lebovitz's favorite chocolate recipes‚ from Black-Bottom Cupcakes to Homemade Rocky Road Candy, Orange and Rum Chocolate Mousse Cake to Double Chocolate Chip Espresso Cookies. His extensive resource section (with websites for international ordering) can bring the world's best chocolate to every door. A self-avowed chocoholic, Lebovitz nibbles chocolate every day‚ and with The Great Book of Chocolate in hand, he figures the rest of us will too.

The Chocolate Connoisseur

The Chocolate Connoisseur
Author: Chloé Doutre-Roussel
Publisher: Piatkus Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Chocolate
ISBN: 9780749928346

This expert and irresistible book for everyone who loves chocolate is packed with amazing stories, tasting notes, history, myths, recipes, and "chocolate philosophy." Learn how to differentiate between good chocolate and bad, how to select a chocolate that reflects the day's "mood," and more.

Love on a Plate

Love on a Plate
Author: Markus Rothkranz
Publisher:
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2014-12-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9780990935001

100 healthy Raw Vegan recipes of the most famous meals in the world. Healthy versions of pizza, pasta, bacon, pies, cakes, macaroni and cheese, pop tarts, spaghettis, Reeses pieces, Kung Pao chicken, deli meat and cheese slices- all non dairy, non-meat, gluten-free, no cooking, no wheat and easy to make. By Raw food pioneer and chef Cara Brotman and health expert Markus Rothkranz

Raw Chocolate

Raw Chocolate
Author: Matthew Kenney
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Total Pages: 147
Release: 2012-02-01
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1423621069

Now you can enjoy one of the great tastes and textures in raw-raw chocolate. Raw chocolate can be made without a lot of fuss and with great results. This book features truffles, fudge, buttercups, fruit, smoothies, bonbons, and more. With cacao beans and health-promoting ingredients like goji berries and maca, raw chocolate is even healthy for you!