With Christmas soon upon us, and all the delicious food that the festive season entails, we thought you might be inspired by a new encyclopaedia for chocolate and confectionary that was launched at the Swissôtel Métropole in Geneva earlier this month.
From A to Z, from « abaisse » …. to « ziste », the French edition of the "Encyclopédie du Chocolat et de la Confiserie" brings together all the available knowledge specific to chocolate and sugar confectionery: culinary, cultural, economic, geographical, historical, legal, nutritional, professional, scientific, and technical. Featuring over 3,100 documented and delicious chronicles across 1,248 lavishly illustrated pages, the encyclopaedia is required reading for all chocolate and confectionary lovers, to sharpen one’s gluttony just as much as one’s knowledge.
The "Encyclopédie du Chocolat et de la Confiserie" is the result of over 10 years of work and research on the part of the elected members of the French Academy of Chocolate and Confectionery, under the editorship of tenured University Professor Nikita Harwich.
The reference work will be a treat for all gourmets, and will supplement the knowledge of crafstmen as well as that of catering trade industrial managers. It will also provide instruction to future professionals during their training courses, will explain the appropriate steps and "tips" to enlightened amateurs, and will surprise curious minds in search of culture.
The French Academy of Chocolate and Confectionery is made up by 40 independent "wise men and women" elected by their peers: renowned professionals (several of them Meilleurs Ouvriers de France), historians, writers, nutritionists, agronomists, and university professors. It is regarded as a moral authority on the manual trade of chocolatier and confectioner, and a guardian of the tradition, excellence and evolution of chocolate and confectionery, both in France and throughout the world.
Encyclopédie du Chocolat et de la Confiserie
Publisher : Choco-Story® Museums
Retail price : 90 €
On sale at : Le Musée Gourmand de Chocolat - Choco-Story®, 28 boulevard de Bonne Nouvelle 75010 Paris
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French Academy of Chocolate and Confectionery
Katherine Khodorowsky, vice-president
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