["Chocolate Desserts" by Pierre Herme (Part 2)]

Whole Foods should carry Valhrona in NYC Seth.

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Whole foods has it for something like $13/lb. I buy Valrhona wholesale for $6-8/lb. If you get into chocolate making you go through one of those 3kg tubs of feves in no time.

So I still need ginger and cocoa - Hershey's just won't do I suppose??

I really like the Valrhona cocoa.

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If you have access to Trader Joe's they also carry a few varieties of Valrhona (at least on the West Coast), and while I'm not sure what their price is, I can safely say it's cheaper than Whole Foods.

[Shelf-stable/shelf life of truffles]

You really need to read Wybauw's book Fine Chocolates, Great Experience.  This topic is too extensive to really cover well in a few posts.

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I am in search of the book by Wybauw, but the only reference I can find is to the book not being published until November 30, 2006. Is there a previous edition that is available? I couldn't find a reference to an old edition on Amazon and our library doesn't have it, either. I would appreciate any information on where I might be able to find this book now. Thanks!