Hot Cocoa Comfort: 50 Recipes for Comforting Cups of Chocolate

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Make cocoa an everyday, year-round treat with these body- and soul-warming new takes!

The everyday comfort of true hot cocoa is grounded in memories of grandmas kitchen, where slow food was a practice, not a movement. And now, rediscovery is in the airwhat once was old is new again, with high-end chocolate producers creating pure cocoa powders, and these quality ingredients now compete with coffee in progressive coffeehouses and cafs.

Convivial and resourceful, Cocoa Comfort invites the reader to reconsider the gentle but deep, complex flavor and amazing versatility of made-from-scratch cocoa as a simple pleasure during any moment in daily life, as well as for lifes special occasions. The book recalls cocoas ancient origins, offers instructions on tools and techniques for preparation, then stretches palate perspectives with fifty home kitchen-friendly drinks and paired small plates. These delightfully nuanced recipes include:

Lavender Nightcap Hot Cocoa

Consider Cocoa Comfort a re-introduction to an old favoritewith imaginative and original, yet accessible recipes that open the door to new possibilities.

Author Bio

Michael Turback created and nurtured the eponymous Turbacks, one of Upstate New Yorks first destination restaurants. His mission combined inventive, passionate cooking with local ingredients, and the daring concept of a wine list with exclusively New York regional winesthis achievement resulted in Wine Enthusiast naming Turbacks one of the wine-friendliest restaurants in America, and the restaurant was awarded Best American Wine List by Restaurant Business. Michael is also the author of Cocktails at Dinner, ReMixology, and What a Swell Party It Was, all from Skyhorse Publishing. He resides in Ithaca, New York.