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There’s nothing like a fresh cup of coffee to start your morning off right. And now you can enjoy the robust, satisfying taste of coffee all day long. In this attractive collection, Avner Laskin shares more than 65 recipes that range from delicious hot and cold beverages to sumptuous baked goods and desserts. Warm up over a cup of creamy cappuccino, chat over café mochas with Kahlua®, or indulge in a frozen macchiato. Finally, satisfy your sweet tooth with luscious coffee-infused versions of chocolate chip cookies, tiramisù, crème brûlée, and custard parfait. 

Pastry guru Pichet Ong has created a highly unique and fascinating dessert book that focuses on the flavors of Asia–lychee, ginger, coconut, mango, and jasmine, among them–to deliver one-of-a-kind delights. Recipes include Chocolate and Vietnamese Coffee Tart, Jasmine Rice Pudding, Chocolate-Mango Cheesecake Parfait with Macadamia Cookie Crumbs, and even flavorful Fortune Cookies. With crisp, full-color photographs.

An enticing collection of indulgent treats to serve with coffee Delicious and petite, the coffee-time treats that fill this gorgeous book are bound to make any occasion seriously special. In many restaurants in France, a little taste of something sweet will be provided in the form of these sophisticated coffee accompaniments, often instead of dessert. When making them at home, you can end a stylish dinner party with White Chocolate Truffles or classic Florentines; enjoy mini-Madeleines or bite size Lemon Muffins as a fabulously indulgent mid-morning snack; or even give tiny jam-filled Star biscuits or little Rum Sponges as a chic gift. While most of the recipes included can be conquered by even the most novice of chefs, for the seriously ambitious there are recipes such as espressos topped with floating spun sugar halos. Includes conversion chart.

From its founding, Martinique played an integral role in France`s Atlantic empire. Established in the mid-seventeenth century as a colonial outpost against Spanish and English dominance in the Caribbean, the island was transformed by the increase in European demand for sugar, coffee, and indigo. Like other colonial subjects, Martinicans met the labor needs of cash-crop cultivation by establishing plantations worked by enslaved Africans and by adopting the rigidly hierarchical social structure that accompanied chattel slavery. After Haiti gained its independence in 1804, Martinique`s economic importance to the French empire increased. At the same time, there arose questions, both in France and on the island, about the long-term viability of the plantation system, including debates about the ways colonists?especially enslaved Africans and free mixed-race individuals?fit into the French nation.Sweet Liberty chronicles the history of Martinique from France`s reacquisition of the island from the British in 1802 to the abolition of slavery in 1848. Focusing on the relationship between the island`s widely diverse society and the various waves of French and British colonial administrations, Rebecca Hartkopf Schloss provides a compelling account of Martinique`s social, political, and cultural dynamics during the final years of slavery in the French empire. Schloss explores how various groups?Creole and metropolitan elites, petits blancs, gens de couleur, and enslaved Africans?interacted with one another in a constantly shifting political environment and traces how these interactions influenced the colony`s debates around identity, citizenship, and the boundaries of the French nation.Based on extensive archival research in Europe and the Americas, Sweet Liberty is a groundbreaking study of a neglected region that traces how race, slavery, class, and gender shaped what it meant to be French on both sides of the Atlantic.

This Torani premium coffee blend features a rich coffee and chocolate flavor. This blend has a smooth consistency with a sweet, cream finish.Flavor: MochaMaterials: LiquidCapacity: 64 ouncesPack of 2

Put your local coffee bar to the test with Coffee Basics! With thousands of coffee bars and restaurants serving an endless variety of blends, roasts, and brews, ordering a specialty coffee drink has become as daunting a task as selecting a fine wine. How can you distinguish between great coffee and great hype? Read Coffee Basics. Kevin Knox and Julie Sheldon Huffaker have filled this handy reference with hundreds of industry truths and trade secrets. You`ll learn the fundamentals of coffee buying, brewing, and tasting; and develop an aficionado`s ability to see beyond the expensive trappings of today`s coffee explosion. You`ll discover: The basic coffee facts: its origin, history, and many varieties Step-by-step methods for selecting, roasting, blending, and flavoring coffee "to taste" A coffee taster`s glossary Simple charts showing grind progression, relative grinding times, and regional characteristics The scoop on decaffeinated, organic, and espresso beans Specialty coffee recipes Lists of the best sources for beans and professional equipment Whether you make coffee at home or at a fine restaurant, Coffee Basics offers a bottomless cup of brewing knowledge and drinking pleasure.

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