Each bookstore will act as a concierge, recommending "the book you should read now" to FASHION HEADLINE readers. Every Tuesday, Shimada Foreign Books, a visual foreign book store based in Minami-Aoyama, Tokyo (5-5-25 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, T-PLACE, 1F A103), will introduce recommended books.

■ "CHOCOLATE: 50 Easy Recipes" by ACADEMIA BARILLA

A selection of 50 recommended chocolate recipes from Academia Barilla, the food academy of Barilla, Italy's largest food company, famous for its pasta.

Bound in the shape of a chocolate bar with a bite mark on the top right, this recipe collection is delicious both in appearance and content. Simple recipe instructions are provided, using ingredients for approximately four servings. The beautiful photos of each finished product will whet your appetite as you flip through the pages, making it a book you'll want to display as part of your dining room decor.

This book covers all kinds of chocolate dessert recipes, from unusual recipes such as initial-shaped chocolate cookies, cocoa bean shortbread, birch di d'Arma, and jellies and mousses, to classic dishes such as ice cream, crepes, puddings, cereal bars, truffles, tarts, and cakes.

In addition to this title, the same publisher has also published recipe books in the series for cheese, tomato, potato, and pumpkin desserts that can be placed on the table or in the kitchen as interior decoration.

[Book Information]
"CHOCOLATE: 50 Easy Recipes"
Author: ACADEMIA BARILLA
Publisher: White Star Publishers
Language: English
Hardcover / 128 pages / 235 x 150 x 15 mm
Published: 2012
Price: 1,760 yen