Learn all the inside tips, techniques, and methods for making designer-quality chocolates at home. Andrew Garrison Shotts, award-winning pastry chef and chocolatier, will teach you how to create one-of-a-kind homemade chocolates, truffles, and confections to dazzle your friends and family. This book includes more than 40 recipes using spices, vegetables, fruits, and herbs for flavor and covers techniques such as how to temper chocolate, how to make truffles, how to create flavor fusions, and how to mold chocolates. Step-by-step instructions, breathtaking photographs, and informative sidebars. 176 pages.