Wybauw Books & Discussion

[bibbotson]

In my copy (and that of everyone I know) of Jean-Pierre Wybauw's Fine Chocolates book, there is an omission that is driving me crazy.

On page 141, in his recipe for Palet d'Or, there are 3 alternative formulas. In the third formula (cream, dark chocolate, invert sugar and butter), there is no quantity specified for the chocolate.

Does anyone have a copy with the amount listed? This seems to be omitted in both the English and French editions.

[lapin d'or]

My edition came with an errata sheet and for page 141 Palet d'Or it reads:

Aw. 0,880: 600g dark chocolate 70%

The only other correction is for p24 : Agave syrup: Saccharose = Sucrose

I do hope that helps

[Chris Hennes]

I got a copy of Wybauw's "Fine Chocolates" (the first one) yesterday. It's a beautiful book, but wow, I'm glad I also have Greweling. Some of Wybauw's recipes sound like they will be great, but as a chocolate novice I find the whole book to be incredibly intimidating! The poor translation doesn't help, of course, but there is an awful lot of whitespace on those recipe pages that I think could be put to good use... obviously this is not a book directed at me.

[equality5271]

I just purchased Fine Chocolates 2. I was debating whether to get the first one or the second one, and I decided I liked the unique recipes in the second one better. Eventually I will splurge and get the first one too.

I must say that this book is extremely gorgeous. I am so excited to try the recipes out and read the theories all the way through.

[choux]

Where did you get it from? Amazon still shows it as not yet available.

[equality5271]

in Manhattan at Kitchen Arts & Letters...I saw it at JB Prince too.

[ejw50]

equality5271, can you post a review? (either here or in the other fine chocolates 2 thread)

[emmalish]

Poo. I had both these books in my Amazon shopping cart. The first said "ships in 2-3 weeks" and the 2nd was "currently unavailable". I just got an email saying they can no longer get the first. This doesn't really bode well for the 2nd, does it?

[Kerry Beal]

Poo. I had both these books in my Amazon shopping cart. The first said "ships in 2-3 weeks" and the 2nd was "currently unavailable". I just got an email saying they can no longer get the first. This doesn't really bode well for the 2nd, does it?

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Looks like you can get volume 1 from Chocolat-chocolat. $89 CDN, but they have it.

[emmalish]

I'm tempted. They have them both for $89 and $95 respectively. However Amazon had them priced at $59 and $62, which made it a much easier decision.

[Kerry Beal]

I'm tempted. They have them both for $89 and $95 respectively. However Amazon had them priced at $59 and $62, which made it a much easier decision.

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I'd buy the cheap one that's available from amazon and the other from C-C.

[emmalish]

I'd buy the cheap one that's available from amazon and the other from C-C.

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Sadly the cheap one at Amazon has been listed as "temporarily unavailable" for months now. And after getting that email about the other one, I'm not holding my breath.