Enlightened Chocolate or Guide to Wild Foods and Useful Plants

Enlightened Chocolate: More Than 150 Decadently Light, Easy-to-Make, and Inspired Recipes Using Dark Chocolate and Unsweetened Cocoa Powder

Author: Camilla V Saulsbury

Including both savory and sweet chocolate recipes, Enlightened Chocolate is filled with more than 200 luscious, inviting recipes that let you have your chocolate and eat it too, but with less fat, fewer calories, and maximum chocolate flavor. The first compendium cookbook ever that is exclusively devoted to light chocolate recipes using antioxidant-rich dark chocolate and cocoa powder, it is divided into five chapters:

• Chocolate, Morning to Noon
• Chocolate Cookies & Other Petite Treats
• Let Them Eat (Chocolate) Cake
• Chocolate Dessert Decadence
• Savory Chocolate (including sauces, spice rubs, salsas, and other condiments)

All of the recipes in Enlightened Chocolate are straightforward and rely on easy-to-find ingredients. None of them will daunt, not even the chocolate soufflé with raspberry sauce or chocolate crème brulée.

In addition, Enlightened Chocolate provides a brief history of chocolate as "medicine," as well as easy-to-follow explanations-in lay terms-of the most current scientific information regarding the health benefits of chocolate and cocoa. The role of chocolate flavonols in the promotion of cardiovascular health is elucidated, as is how to select and store chocolate and cocoa powder for maximum flavor and maximum health benefits.

Enlightened Chocolate is the first volume in the Enlightened Cooking cookbook series by Camilla Saulsbury. Each volume unites two major trends in contemporary home cooking. First, lighter cooking, specifically recipes and ideas for cooking at home that keep fat and calories in balance. Second, quick, convenient cooking.The result of the union? Inspired cookbooks offering real solutions for today's busy, health-conscious cooks.

Judith Sutton - Library Journal

Saulsbury is the author of half a dozen other dessert cookbooks. This one, the first in a new series, touts the antioxidant properties of chocolate, and she has used cocoa powder and dark chocolate, along with low-fat dairy products, to make desserts that are low in fat and calories (nutrition information is given for each recipe). She also includes a chapter of savory dishes made with cocoa or chocolate. Alice Medrich's Chocolate and the Art of Low-Fat Desserts(now o.p.) offers a somewhat more sophisticated approach, but Saulsbury's book, with its up-to-date information on the health benefits of chocolate, is recommended for larger baking collections.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments     IX
Introduction     3
Chocolate, Morning to Noon     19
Chocolate Cookies & Other Petite Treats     73
Let Them Eat (Chocolate!) Cake     121
Chocolate Dessert Decadence     167
Savory Chocolate     213
Appendices
On-line Chocolate and Cocoa Powder Resources     261
Especially Low-Calorie Recipes     263
Especially Low-Fat Recipes     265
Bibliography     267
Index     271

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Guide to Wild Foods and Useful Plants

Author: Christopher Nyerges

An array of abundant wild foods is available to hikers, campers, botanists or anyone interested in living closer to the earth. Written by a leading expert on wild foods and a well-known teacher of survival skills, Guide to Wild Foods and Useful Plants is more than a listing of plant types—it teaches how to recognize edible plants and where to find them, their medicinal and nutritional properties, and their growing cycles. It also includes fascinating folklore about plants, personal anecdotes about trips and meals, simple and tasty recipes, and photographs.