Field Guide to Candy: How to Identify and Make Virtually Every Candy Imaginable

By Anita Chu and Tucker Hosler

At last, a field guide to making and identifying virtually every candy imaginable, from peanut-butter cups to mint meltaways!
 
Field Guide to Candy is the definitive guide to candies from around the world, with more than 100 recipes and variations on such tried-and-true classics as caramel apples, rocky road, and lollipops as well as traditional international favorites like Turkish delight, truffles, and French pralines. 
 
This delectable guide introduces readers to the best techniques for creating chocolates; sugary sweets; creamy, sticky, chewy candies; nutty treats; and fun and simple classics. Every candy is photographed in glorious full color, with step-by-step instructions on how to prepare, make, and store your creations. Entries include fascinating historical background, helpful baking notes, and serving suggestions for each delicious variety.
 
Whether you’re a candy-making novice or veteran pastry chef, mouth-watering homemade confections are minutes away with Field Guide to Candy!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Release date: Dec 16, 2014
• ISBN: 9781594748103

Reviews for Field Guide to Candy

[auntie0nanuuq · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The sub-title says it all... Unlike baking, you just mix the ingredients, shove them in an over and walk away until the timer goes off. It takes time, diligence, & a whole lot of practiceI found almost everything here from marzipan to licorice, peanut brittle to marshmallow, dipped chocolates to molded chocolates, truffles to covered fruit, molded chocolate to taffy, gummies to pixi-stix, horehound drops to peppermints, as well as favorites from other countries.Contents include: Introduction, candy making tools, ingredients, working w/ chocolate, working w/ sugar, & icon key w/ a full section of color photos (which I would have preferred next to the corresponding recipe) Chapters: ALL Things Chocolate; Fruits & Jellies; Sugary Sweet; Creamy, Sticky, & Chewy; Nutty; and Fun and Simple Classics.The book is small but it has everything you need/want to know about making candy. I'm amazed, but there is so much work in making candy, I'll let others do it for me or go to See's

[satyridae · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This one was so much fun! I want to make peppermint patties right away. And filled chocolate bars. And Turkish Delight! The photographs are delicious-looking, the recipes easy to follow and quite detailed. One could do worse than to make a recipe from this book every week for several years.