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

i was fooled by the great name and lovely cover of this book. sadly, it could be ok as a novelty gift, but it's not much use as a cookbook.first, the recipes aren't very good. i'm a hobbyist candy maker- not a pro, but i know caramel from brittle. the recipes in this book are poorly explained, and either overly complicated, or completely improbable, or both.second, most of the book is filler (for example, the recipe for gummie bears is EXACTLY the same as the recipe for gummie worms, except the portions are double- why write out the entire recipe again?!). it is full of random thoughts and ideas that any decent editor should have cut out. how many times does a candy cookbook need to suggest that candy makes a nice gift? (certainly not every other recipe!)lastly, the size, layout and formatting of the book make it impossible to use as an actual cookbook. it is certainly not a book you can have open on the counter while you cook. the inside pictures are small, not very appealing, and several of them seem unlikely to be homemade candy, plus they are all together in the photo section, not adjacent to the recipes.the tidbits of history were interesting for several of the candies, but forced for others (why are you taking up space in my cookbook to speculate about where or when something MIGHT have been created?!), and certainly not worth the price of admission.

Absolutely love this book.!!! I hate the size of it to small. But has a wealth of information!!

I love eating candy... As much as I do making it! If you are the kind of person who enjoys creating things (and I bet you are, since you are looking at this book), then you will enjoy making your own sugary confections found in this book. The only but I have is the size of it. It's such a tiny book that you need to transcribe your recipe, because the book itself won't keep opened next to your usual place for putting books on the kitchen counter! (What? You don't have one of those? Uh? Is it only me, then?)

This book is AMAZING!!! There are recipes for candy (like licorice, gummy bears, and marshmallow chicks) that I didn't know could be made at home. The variety of chocolate candies is fantastic. It includes photos, techniques, tips, and clear instructions (with extra notes on working with chocolate and sugar.) It even talks about the tools and equipment you'll need. There's fascinating information on the history of each candy plus serving suggestions. Nothing is missing from this book but samples to taste while you're reading it!

Field Guide to Candy is a great little book. It's colorful and cute, and the recipes are short and concise. While the recipes aren't necessarily for people who aren't experienced at making candy (after all, the author is a classically trained pastry chef, I believe), it's a great gift for sweets lovers and those who know their way around a candy thermometer.I love the Field Guide series because they're both cute and informative, and this book is no exception.

I bought this book before Christmas and made several recipes as gifts. I found mistakes in at least two of the recipes. One is on page 254. It should say in #2 "combine the butter,,,". On page 216, it tells us to add vanilla in #2 and #4. What about editors? Did anyone check these things? Mistakes in half the recipes I try?????

Wow, lots of great recipes and photos. It reminds me of my mother’s candies she always made for the family.

Great little book, alot of easy and delicious recipes.

This book is a mixture of history, culture and recipe and includes a huge range of sweets, which makes it very appealing. There's a section of colour photos in the middle, illustrating the sweets, but it would have been better to have them with their recipes, I think. Disappointingly, the book is very small (but thick), and as a recipe book (as opposed to a 'field guide'), it isn't especially user friendly. The print is small, and the binding is so tight that the spine is likely to break fairly quickly with actual use. It's great to have so many sweet recipes together in one place though.

Perfect book for my new found cooking skills, lots of recipes to choose from, will be trying some of them out this weekend

Great book. Receipt are excellent.