Product Description

For coffee lovers, this is a dream book--50 recipes from around the world, plus evocative text about the love of coffee, cafes, and coffee bars, with a beautiful four-color package and impulse-purchase price.
* 50 easy-to-follow recipes, from basics like Espresso and Cappuccino, to delectable dessert drinks such as Greek-style Frappe and Coffee Ice Cream Soda.
* 4-color recipe and lifestyle photos throughout, including photos of coffeehouses and coffee culture from around the world.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #225326 in Books
• Published on: 2009-03-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 128 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780470289372
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From the Inside Flap

From Milan to Mexico City, Budapestto Bangkok, Seattle to your hometown, nothing both unites and divides people like coffee. It's our favorite beverage, after water, yet heated debates about the best brewing and serving methods abound. In Coffee Love, Daniel Young captures the special traditions and rituals of coffee-drinking cultures around the world—and shares 50 authentic recipes for soul-satisfying coffee drinks.

Discover unique espresso libations such as Caffè Marocchino, a mini cappuccino from Milan, or Tiramis? Coffee, an award-winning pick-me-up from Norway. Sample a zabaglione-layered Caffè Imperatore from Venice, an orange-infused Maria Theresia from Vienna, or a chocolate-laced Bicerin from Turin. And savor a genuine Turkish Coffee, a French Café au Lait, or a Mexican Café de Olla.

During the hot summer months, cool down with a Cold-Brewed Iced Coffee, a Coffee Milkshake, a Greek-Style Frappé, or a Vietnamese Iced Coffee. And to take any party to the next level, try an absinthe-spiked Slavia Macchiato from Prague, a flaming brandy Carajillo from Madrid, or a tequila-infused Espresso Platino from Los Angeles.

Throughout the book, Young's engaging profiles and evocative photographs bring the coffee experience to life. You'll visit fabled coffee shrines such as Café Sperl in Vienna, you'll meet Bologna's most accomplished barista, and you'll learn the secrets of the world's most distinctive coffee drinks. If you love coffee and want to explore many great ways to enjoy it, this book is your indispensable guide.

From the Back Cover

A coffee lover knows a good cup of coffee from the first sip; you close your eyes and savor it. Well-made, delicious coffee can be transporting—whether you are easing into the day with a frothy cappuccino, luxuriating in the richness of a bicerin (made with espresso, hot chocolate, and cream), or sipping a coffee-accented cocktail to kick-start an evening of fun. Coffee Love takes you on a coffee-lover's journey—from Seattle to Venice to Thailand—for some of the best recipes in the world to satisfy your coffee cravings.

About the Author

Daniel Young is a respected food journalist and critic who writes for publications ranging from the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times to Gourmet, Bon Appétit, Condé Nast Traveler, and Elle Decor. The former restaurant critic for the New York Daily News, he is the author of The ParisCafé Cookbook and The Bistros, Brasseries, and Wine Bars of Paris, among other books. His web site is youngandfoodish.com

Customer Reviews

Delightfully different coffee book
I was going to pass this book up -- I have too many coffee books that say the same things in different ways. Thankfully, this book deviates from the "said this, said that" and as author Daniel Young puts it, "This book takes a wide view of bean universe via close-ups of coffee subjects...."

Those "close-ups" are in the form of a brief (thankfully!) introduction/overview of coffee's origins, roasting, caffeine content, brewing, tasting, choosing a coffeemaker, and water's importance to coffee. Divided into 5 chapters:

The Espresso Bar
National Brews
Coffeehouse Culture
Coffee Milks and Shakes
Spirits and Cocktails

the chapters are full of international coffee recipes interspersed with interesting sidebars: the difference between a latte and a cappuccino, profiles of master baristas, and narrations of Young's experiences in cafes around the world.

A short book that can be leisurely read in an hour, the thick pages are colored in muted tones from tan to taupe evoking coffee's various color incarnations, each page displaying a coffee brewing method and gotta-try-it-now coffee recipes that include tiramisu coffee (the 2004 World Barista Championship drink of the year), Caffe Marocchino (unknown to the world but wildly popular in Italy), and a coffee milk recipe from a coffee syrup so good that Young writes "... I was tempted to go into the espresso syrup business."

I regard this book as highly as I do Michael Turback's Hot Chocolate" and "Mocha." If you're a coffee lover who appreciates new coffee knowledge (and recipes!) then you'll like this book.