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It can be difficult to find truly indulgent vegan desserts -- especially chocolate. But for the first time, chocolate cakes, brownies, truffles, puddings, ice creams, and more are within reach: dairy-free, organic, fair-trade, and sublime.
Author, baking instructor, and vegan powerhouse Fran Costigan has dedicated years to satisfying her sweet tooth while keeping it vegan. Through experimentation and long hours in the kitchen, she's recreated some of her favorite chocolate desserts as better-for-you interpretations that pass the taste test: Bittersweet Chocolate Truffles (with a variety of flavor variations), a Brooklyn Blackout Layer Cake, a Sacher Torte, even chocolate Moon Pies! Her detailed instructions make for professional-quality outcomes every time: it's like a personal baking class, right in your kitchen.
The perfect gift for anyone with a sweet tooth, Vegan Chocolate is sure to become an instant classic. Fran Costigan is an internationally recognized culinary instructor, recipe developer, and innovative vegan pastry chef , and the author of two cookbooks. A graduate of the New York Restaurant School and the Natural Gourmet Institute, Fran was a pastry chef in both traditional and vegan kitchens. Today Fran teaches her distinctive courses (including her Vegan Baking Boot Camp Intensive ) in New York City at the Institute of Culinary Education and at the Natural Gourmet Institute. She lives in New York.
Regarded as the authority on cruelty-free chocolate anything and everything, Costigan's baking book (bible?), with its myriad tips and tricks, is not to be missed."
-;The Daily Meal
Delve in, and Vegan Chocolate becomes a kind of cake itself, prepared to perfection and dense with flavor. Packed with vibrant photos by Kate Lewis, the book itself appeals sensually in addition to its valuable info. Costigan has finally gotten the top-of-the-line packaging her work has always deserved...;. This new, sumptuous book is an appropriate summation of more than a decade of sweet-tooth expertise."
-;Philadelphia Daily News
When those of us of the grains, beans, and veggies persuasion want to indulge in a sweet treat, it has to be something spectacular-;and preferably chocolate! There's no better guide to the world of delectable chocolate desserts than Fran Costigan; that they happen to be egg- and dairy-free is icing on the vegan cake. A feast for all the senses, Vegan Chocolate sets the bar at a new level for home cooks as well as chefs."
-;Nava Atlas, author of Wild About Greens and Vegan Holiday Kitchen
A treasure...; Chef Fran Costigan raises the vegan chocolate bar to such great heights that everyone will be shown a luscious path to confectionary nirvana. Chef Fran's talent and wizardry are gifts to be shared. We cherish and savor all her decadent creations."
-;Bart Potenza and Joy Pierson, owners of Candle Café, Candle 79, and Candle West
Fran Costigan's stunning new book is a game changer. Vegan Chocolate is a delicious book, filled with clearly written user-friendly recipes, inventive techniques, and practical information. Nothing is missing from these sumptuous chocolate desserts except the dairy, eggs, refined sugar, and cholesterol. With an Opera Cake and a Bûche de Noel, truffles, ice creams, simple cookies, and more, transitioning over to vegan eating has never been more tempting. This book has earned a permanent place in my kitchen!"
-;Tal Ronnen, New York Times Bestselling author of The Conscious Kitchen
Fran Costigan absolutely delights with her book Vegan Chocolate. This expansive cookbook-;filled with drop dead gorgeous photos and decadent recipes-;will inspire chocolate lovers everywhere to get into the kitchen and create something extra-special."
-;Allyson Kramer, author of Great Gluten-Free Vegan Eats
"As always, Fran Costigan's recipes are beguiling and tempting to make (and even more so, to eat!) even to one who is not a vegan pastry c
Author, baking instructor, and vegan powerhouse Fran Costigan has dedicated years to satisfying her sweet tooth while keeping it vegan. Through experimentation and long hours in the kitchen, she's recreated some of her favorite chocolate desserts as better-for-you interpretations that pass the taste test: Bittersweet Chocolate Truffles (with a variety of flavor variations), a Brooklyn Blackout Layer Cake, a Sacher Torte, even chocolate Moon Pies! Her detailed instructions make for professional-quality outcomes every time: it's like a personal baking class, right in your kitchen.
The perfect gift for anyone with a sweet tooth, Vegan Chocolate is sure to become an instant classic. Fran Costigan is an internationally recognized culinary instructor, recipe developer, and innovative vegan pastry chef , and the author of two cookbooks. A graduate of the New York Restaurant School and the Natural Gourmet Institute, Fran was a pastry chef in both traditional and vegan kitchens. Today Fran teaches her distinctive courses (including her Vegan Baking Boot Camp Intensive ) in New York City at the Institute of Culinary Education and at the Natural Gourmet Institute. She lives in New York.
Regarded as the authority on cruelty-free chocolate anything and everything, Costigan's baking book (bible?), with its myriad tips and tricks, is not to be missed."
-;The Daily Meal
Delve in, and Vegan Chocolate becomes a kind of cake itself, prepared to perfection and dense with flavor. Packed with vibrant photos by Kate Lewis, the book itself appeals sensually in addition to its valuable info. Costigan has finally gotten the top-of-the-line packaging her work has always deserved...;. This new, sumptuous book is an appropriate summation of more than a decade of sweet-tooth expertise."
-;Philadelphia Daily News
When those of us of the grains, beans, and veggies persuasion want to indulge in a sweet treat, it has to be something spectacular-;and preferably chocolate! There's no better guide to the world of delectable chocolate desserts than Fran Costigan; that they happen to be egg- and dairy-free is icing on the vegan cake. A feast for all the senses, Vegan Chocolate sets the bar at a new level for home cooks as well as chefs."
-;Nava Atlas, author of Wild About Greens and Vegan Holiday Kitchen
A treasure...; Chef Fran Costigan raises the vegan chocolate bar to such great heights that everyone will be shown a luscious path to confectionary nirvana. Chef Fran's talent and wizardry are gifts to be shared. We cherish and savor all her decadent creations."
-;Bart Potenza and Joy Pierson, owners of Candle Café, Candle 79, and Candle West
Fran Costigan's stunning new book is a game changer. Vegan Chocolate is a delicious book, filled with clearly written user-friendly recipes, inventive techniques, and practical information. Nothing is missing from these sumptuous chocolate desserts except the dairy, eggs, refined sugar, and cholesterol. With an Opera Cake and a Bûche de Noel, truffles, ice creams, simple cookies, and more, transitioning over to vegan eating has never been more tempting. This book has earned a permanent place in my kitchen!"
-;Tal Ronnen, New York Times Bestselling author of The Conscious Kitchen
Fran Costigan absolutely delights with her book Vegan Chocolate. This expansive cookbook-;filled with drop dead gorgeous photos and decadent recipes-;will inspire chocolate lovers everywhere to get into the kitchen and create something extra-special."
-;Allyson Kramer, author of Great Gluten-Free Vegan Eats
"As always, Fran Costigan's recipes are beguiling and tempting to make (and even more so, to eat!) even to one who is not a vegan pastry c