A renowned chocolate expert teaches you to savor the subtleties of fine chocolate in this accessible and comprehensive booklet. The best (and most fun) way to learn about chocolate is by eating it, and this guide provides curious gourmands and budding chocoholics with all the tips they need to become cacao experts. Author Eagranie Yuh, one of the world’s leading chocolate educators, introduces the enticing complexity and diversity of chocolate She includes information on buying and tasting chocolate as well as how to host a tasting party. Let the tasting begin!

General Adult. A connoisseurs guide to acquiring and consuming the worlds best chocolates is a lavishly illustrated reference that provides information on cocoa-growing regions, makes recommendations for pairing chocolate with wine, and addresses the latest claims about the health benefits of chocolate.

The Chocolate Lovers' Guide and Tasting Journal is a non-fiction book combining the fundamentals of chocolate including types of chocolate, varieties of chocolate, storing chocolate, tasting chocolate and your impressions, and a place to record your chocolate's history and tasting as well as saving your chocolate's wrapper. It is a device to record your journey through your chocolate world creating a road map taking you back to your cherished chocolate favorites.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' PICK “Thrilling . . . [told] with gonzo élan . . . When the sommelier and blogger Madeline Puckette writes that this book is the Kitchen Confidential of the wine world, she’s not wrong, though Bill Buford’s Heat is probably a shade closer.” —Jennifer Senior, The New York Times Professional journalist and amateur drinker Bianca Bosker didn’t know much about wine—until she discovered an alternate universe where taste reigns supreme, a world of elite sommeliers who dedicate their lives to the pursuit of flavor. Astounded by their fervor and seemingly superhuman sensory powers, she set out to uncover what drove their obsession, and whether she, too, could become a “cork dork.” With boundless curiosity, humor, and a healthy dose of skepticism, Bosker takes the reader inside underground tasting groups, exclusive New York City restaurants, California mass-market wine factories, and even a neuroscientist’s fMRI machine as she attempts to answer the most nagging question of all: what’s the big deal about wine? What she learns will change the way you drink wine—and, perhaps, the way you live—forever. “Think: Eat, Pray, Love meets Somm.” —theSkimm “As informative as it is, well, intoxicating.” —Fortune

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.

Research provides compelling evidence that both meditation and chocolate offer physical and mental health benefits: decreased stress, lower blood pressure, reduced weight, enhanced memory and slower aging of the brain. Deep Tasting: A Chocolate Lover's Guide to Meditation introduces Dr. Peluso's delicious breakthrough technique- Chocolate Tasting Meditation - that doesn't require sitting still for long periods of time or uncomfortable yoga postures. You don't have to take on another religion or a new set of beliefs. If you like chocolate, all you need is five minutes or less-the time it takes for a piece of chocolate to melt in your mouth-to see how easy it can be to learn to meditate. Even if your goal isn't to meditate, the tasting techniques in this book will awaken your senses to the aromas and flavors of the world's finest chocolate. You can even lose weight! Enjoy the story of R. M. Peluso's merged spiritual and chocolate paths. Learn about the history of chocolate as a sacred food and the emergence of the artisan, or craft, chocolate movement. "This absorbing book is a unique and fascinating guide to the taste, aroma, and even the making of fine artisanal chocolate from 'bean to bar.' Whether one is or is not a follower of the meditation path described by the author, all chocolate lovers will learn much from this delightful and instructive read. Highly recommended!" -Michael D. Coe, author, The Maya; co-author, The True History of Chocolate "This book is delicious! Meditation does not have to be boring or difficult--start where you are and work with what you love. And if you love chocolate, this book will teach you how to have an earthy, nutty, buttery spiritual experience.---and one attuned to justice too. Savor your spirituality!" -Jay Michaelson, author of Evolving Dharma: Meditation, Buddhism, and the Next Generation of Enlightenment "R.M. Peluso takes her readers to a level of tasting that is beyond any other I've seen before. I look forward to trying this meditation technique myself and expect full on theta waves. I learned a lot about tasting chocolate and am sure you will too!" -Shawn Askinosie, Founder & CEO, Askinosie Chocolate, One of Forbes' 25 "Best Small Companies In America" "A well-written memoir that provides a path to meditation using chocolate as a spiritual medium...a very enjoyable read that covers the key historical and cultural significances of cacao while also chronicling her own journey to making chocolate from the bean. This book serves as a detailed sensory tasting guide that's essential for any serious chocolate taster, and it should be required reading for anyone making chocolate from the bean." -Lauren Adler, Chocolopolis, Seattle"

Professor Chocolate presents the official handbook for discovering New York City's best-kept chocolate secrets. It is designed for both the native and the visitor who wish to hunt for the ultimate chocolate experience. Inside you'll find over 40 chocolate shops profiled, mapped and organized into 11 distinct and digestible walking tours. The authors are elementary school teachers by day and chocolate-seeking aficionados by night and weekend. We simply love chocolate, love finding it, and love sharing our research with anyone who is interested. We hope that you will have just as much fun exploring as we have had researching. Let the journey be the reward!