Description

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Chocophiles are discovering what professional bakers such as Alice Medrich and David Lebovitz have known all along: Guittard, San Francisco's oldest continuously family-owned chocolate company, makes some of the best premium chocolate available. With 50 tempting photographs and 60 simple recipes for every kind of indulgence, Amy Guittard presents tried-and-true favorite recipes from five generations of Guittards, ranging from start-your-day-right Chocolate Cherry Scones to fudgey Mocha Cookies and deep, dark Chocolate Caramel Pecan Bundt Cake. Leave it to the people who really know chocolate to make a collection of recipes that are sure to make every chocolate lover long for one bite more.

About the Author

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Amy Guittard is the great-great-granddaughter of the founder of the Guittard Chocolate Company and the company's marketing director. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Antonis Achilleos is a New York–based food photographer whose work has been published in Food & Wine, Bon Appétit, and many cookbooks.

Alice Medrich is a lauded baking instructor and award-winning cookbook author, who received her formal training at École Lenôtre in France.