Chocolate American Style by Lora
Brody
A Sweet Feast
Having confessed her jones for chocolate in Growing Up on the Chocolate
Diet: A Memoir with Recipes Lora Brody celebrates her love affair with the
Dark Lord in her cookbook, Chocolate American Style. What she calls
American style might best be summed up as, I want it and I want it now!
To which Lora Brody responds with, Just how would you like to deliver
chocolate to your mouth? She leaves no chocolate base unturned.
Candy? Theres an entire chapter (the complexities of melting and
tempering are covered in Chapter One, A Primer for the Home Cook, in
which the author spells out what you need and what to do with it, fast and
sweet and easy, with the marvelous closing line at the open door,
remember that no matter what your dessert looks like, the fact that you
took the time and energy to make it instantly puts it ten pegs above
anything you could buy a store.). You might think breakfast was out of the
question, Cocoa Puffs aside. To which the author delivers chocolate
caramel sticky buns, chocolate chip pancakes with chocolate butter, and
chocolate-filled monkey bread. Brody moves through flans, pudding, pies,

fudge cakes; through birthday cakes, marble cakes, tortes, and ice cream
rolls; through home-made ice cream, fudge sauce, chocolate sauce, and
frappe; through Old World faves brought here by our immigrant elders.
She tackles pound cakes, cookies, brownies galore, moon rocks,
chocolate squares and, Russell Crowe Bars, which border on dont ask
dont tell. She encourages in a chapter all its own--Kids in the Kitchen--
recruiting children to the ways of the Dark Lord. Shameless. And then
theres romance. Make that, Romance. Again, an entire chapter that distills
the essence of the romantic gesture into all manner of chocolaty
deliciousness. Brody is a consummate pro--20 cookbooks into a sterling
career--and she doesnt miss a beat. She knows a thing or two about
producing a recipe that delivers. Some cookbooks come from the heart.
Chocolate American Style, on the other hand, comes straight from the
Lora Brodys central nervous system. Its a chocoholics dream come true.
--Schuyler Ingle
Personal Review: Chocolate American Style by Lora Brody
This is a wonderful book to add to your collection. There are many enticing
chocolate recipies; so much so that you just might want to start making a
shopping list and preheating the oven as soon as you start reading. The
recipies are easy to follow for most kinds of cooks; and of course it helps
tremendously to use really good, high quality chocolate. My favorite so far
is the warm chocolate rice pudding...OMG! Serve this with warmed
whipped cream. The chocolate monkey bread is fun to make and
unbelievably delicious. I had made a mistake reading the recipe and
added 3X the amount of butter in the bread dough...no harm done here -
albeit you might needs a dose of Lipitor to bring your cholesterol down.
Enjoy this book!
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