Celebrated French pastry chef and owner of one of New York City’s favorite bakeries, François Payard, presents an impressive and comprehensive dessert cookbook with recipes for everything chocolate, from easy cookies to showstopping cakes.
François Payard shares 100 recipes for home bakers of every level in Chocolate Epiphany. From easy to challenging, white to bittersweet, a stunning and sumptuous dessert awaits on every page. Thanks to the clear and thorough recipes, treats such as, Chocolate Rum Savarin, Flourless chocolate cake, Chocolate Marshmallows, Chocolate Nougat, After "8" chocolates, Bittersweet Chocolate Sorbet, Chocolate Sticky Toffee Pudding, and Milk Chocolate Truffles à l’Ancienne are not only delicious but also accessible. And for the ambitious, Chocolate Saint Honore, Gateau de crepes with Green Tea Cream, Chocolate Coconut Caramel Cake, Cranberry-Chestnut Tart, or Milk Chocolate and Candied Kumquat Napoleans could be the perfect end to an extravagant dinner party.
With a rich, full-color design and stunning photography throughout, Chocolate Epiphany is the perfect gift for chocoholics and everyone looking to enlarge his or her dessert repertoire.

Chocolate Epiphany: Exceptional Cookies, Cakes, and Confections for Everyone
Clarkson Potter (April 29, 2008)
ISBN-10: 0307393461
272 pages