Bean to bar Chocolate

Craft chocolate is hot, thanks to directly sourced ingredients from cacao bean farms and an amazing range of flavors. With tasting and pairing guidelines, recipes from top chocolatiers, and stories of America’s leading makers, this rich compendium is a chocolate-lover’s dream. Author Megan Giller invites fellow chocoholics on a fascinating journey through America’s craft chocolate revolution. Learn what to look for in a craft chocolate bar and how to successfully pair chocolate with coffee, beer, spirits, cheese, or bread. This comprehensive celebration of chocolate busts some popular myths (like “white chocolate isn’t chocolate”) and introduces you to more than a dozen of the hottest artisanal chocolate makers in the US today. You’ll get a taste for the chocolate-making process and understand how chocolate’s flavor depends on where the cacao was grown — then discover how to turn your artisanal bars into unexpected treats with 22 recipes from master chefs.