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The Chocolate Lover's Guide

The Chocolate Lover's Guide

by Sue Quinn
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ISBN: 9780241818756
Format: Hardback
SKU: 9780241818756
Pages: 208
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Author bio

Sue Quinn is an award-winning food journalist and cookbook author. Her work appears regularly in the UK's leading publications, including the Telegraph, The Sunday Times, Waitrose Magazine, and more, while also appearing on TV and radio as an expert food commentator. Sue has written sixteen cookbooks on subjects ranging from salads to children's cookery, and in 2023 she was shortlisted for the Guild of Food Writers' Food Writer of the Year award. She won the Guild of Food Writers' British Food Writer Award in 2018 and the Fortnum & Mason Online Food Writer Award in 2016. Sue holds a Level 1 Certificate from the International Institute of Chocolate and Cacao Tasting (IICCT) and a Level 1 Certificate from the Academy of Cheese. Born in Australia, she now lives by the sea in Dorset with her husband. They have two grown-up children.

Take a journey from bean to bar and indulge your inner chocoholic.

Unwrap the secrets of chocolate and trace its journey from its origins in ancient Mesoamerica and the popularity of a sacred Aztec drink chocolatl, to its spread into Europe, an industrial boom after the birth of the chocolate bar, and the revival of interest in fine chocolate. Discover how cocoa beans are grown, harvested, and fermented, the multitude of factors that affect flavour, and the world's best chocolatiers. With chocolate pairings, tips for cooking and baking, ideas to build your own 'choc-uterie' board, and 80 chocolate bars to discover and enjoy, this is the ultimate companion to a global favourite.

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