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Chocolate Bar: Recipes and Entertaining Ideas for Living the Sweet Life (Running Press Book Publishers)

Chocolate should never be stuffy but always mildly sinful. As a tribute to this philosophy, co-author Alison Nelson, owner of New York City's Chocolate Bar show you how to charge up your palate and appreciate the full range of chocolate choices from the luscious of darks to the creamiest of milks, all while creating a fabulous, chocolate-centered lifestyle. From chocolate fondues, moles, sundaes, brownies and cookies Chocolate Bar: Recipes and Entertaining Ideas For Living the Sweet Life (Running Press, Nov. 2004) will show you how to shake your bon bon while achieving swank affairs of style.

From baking, drinking, dining and entertaining, here is a style manual dedicated to everyone's favorite sweet treat. Like a kid in a candy store, Chocolate Bar will inspire you to experiment. Learn how to throw a swinging sugar soiree, design decadent tasting events and mix the perfect chocolate martini. Or go retro and indulge your craving for old-fashioned chocolate egg creams garnished with a nostalgic bit of saltwater taffy. Honor tradition by baking classic favorites like Deep, Dark Brownies or Red Velvet Cakes. Afterwards, draw a chocolate bath. Chocolate Bar offers recipe revolutions for everything from Lime Brownies and Chocolate Gelatin to Spiced Chocolate Meatballs. Breaking the mold, Chocolate Bar provides a full resource guide including a chronicle of "retro reconfigured" recipes for at home entertaining allowing readers an opportunity to pull off their own stylish celebrations while truly enjoying a mouth full of chocolate.

With Chocolate Bar, Alison Nelson shares her abiding affection for confection through witty observations, delectable recipes and good old-fashion fun. Offering a rare glimpse into the inspirations and experiences behind Manhattan's candy store for grown-ups, Chocolate Bar juxtaposes American candy store nostalgia through innovative design and the modern lifestyle. A whimsical look at the world of cosmopolitan cocoa, Chocolate Bar is the perfect compliment to any chocolate occasion.

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