The Secrets of Chocolate A Gourmand’s Trip Through a Top Chef’s Atelier by Franckie Alarcon

​  I might have just been hungry. It doesn’t rationalize eating a book about a food I do not eat, but there it is. And at any rate, it was a quick and cute read.
    The author is very passionate about chocolate, kind of an addict, possibly. It’s a passion I don’t share, but it nevertheless comes through the pages in a fun light fashion. In a wish come true for any chocoholic, he gets to hang out with famous chocolatiers for a year while making this book. And so he learns to make certain treats, goes to Peru to find and taste the source of cocoa and more or less eats his weight in chocolate. And, because he’s European, he apparently stays rail thin, but that’s neither here nor there.
    Anyway, this was a cute read and lovely graphics. The art is cartoonish in style and sophistication, but bright and fun. Chocolate fans should probably read it in digital form, because otherwise their drool would destroy the pages. Nom nom.