The New Complete Coffee Book: A Gourmet Guide to Buying, Brewing and Cooking

The New Complete Coffee Book A Gourmet Guide to Buying, Brewing and Cooking

By Sara Perry
Photographed by Maren Caruso

No need to be a coffee has-bean. This completely revised and updated, sumptuously photographed book (over 80,000 previously sold!) is brimming with information on buying, drinking, and cooking with the world’s favorite libation. The New Complete Coffee Book includes a brief illustrated history and a survey of the myriad coffee beans, types of roasts, and brewing methods. Plus there are detailed descriptions of every coffee drink imaginable, in addition to the 40 delicious, internationally inspired food recipes (both sweets and savories) using coffee as a main ingredient. Wake up and smell the coffee! This book has it all.

Sara Perry is the author of The Complete Tea Book, Summertime Treats, Christmastime Treats, and Great Gingerbread, all from Chronicle Books. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

Maren Caruso specializes in food photography. Her work has appeared in a variety of publications, including San Francisco, Wine and Spirits, Chocolatier, and Taste magazines. She lives in the Bay Area.

2001 / 120 pp / 36 color photographs / 0811828670 / pb / $16.95