Chocolate - White Star

Dark, milk, white. With hints ofvanilla or licorice, of coffee or violet.Enhanced with dried fruits, lacedwith liquor, matched with pears,strawberries, oranges. Is thereanything more irresistible? What isdiving into the paradise of a praline,into the exalting music of a crispysquare, into the infinite sweetness of acup of hot chocolate? What is it to letoneself be enveloped by a sensuousmousse, be amazed by chocolate barswith flashes of hazelnuts, coveredwith a thin veil of caramel, or bepampered by the childlike poetry of amountain of profiteroles? Food of thegods, as the Mayas called it, it wasused from the outset forpreparing desserts, from the simplestto the most sumptuous. What wouldlife be without chocolate? Its hard toimagine. Moreover, its also difficultjust to imagine the endless colours,shapes, and intensities that chocolatecan take on: dark, black, milk, white;tablets, chocolate drops, ice creams,puddings, creams. Here is a lavishlyillustrated volume, in a highlyinnovative and original design,celebrating the endless tastyvariations that will delight