This is a wonderfully rich story of the author's experiences with Chocolate. It is also an amazing cookbook (meaning I have at least 10 of the recipes that I want to try). I love knowing how/where she acquired a recipe and what she has done to improve it.
I appreciate her documenting of her "experiments" with chocolate and the chocolate recipes. Her CHOCOLATE NOTES at the end of each recipe are extremely helpful.
If you love chocolate, and love cooking with chocolate, this may just be the only book you need.