Book Review - Candy making

Hi again. Recently I just bought 2 candymaking books from Kinokuniya in KLCC. After browsing the aisles for hours and hours..(lucky my hubby is pretty understanding in my passion for shopping... duhhh!!!) ,I ended up picking 2 books in which I hadn't even had a plan to even visit the bookstore at all. It was an impulse buying I know... but what the heck. After all, all my candymaking or chocolate making experience up till now were learnt thru the internet and one chocolate making course only.So I have a reason to spend here. Anyway, there aren't many books in candymaking on the aisle itself, only 4 I think. But there are quite a number of books about cupcakes. I once had tried to look for books on cupcakes in that same store 2-3 yrs back but it wasn't as many as it is now. Probably becoz its picking up the trend of "cupakeing" in Malaysia right now. I guess candy making isn't so popular in Malaysia as it is in the US or other European countries.



Anyways, the 1st book I got titled "Marshmallow". I've tried making marshmallow a few times and it turned out right. So, I think I may need to widen my knowledge on making what I did right. First thing, the book caught my attention becoz of its simple yet cute looking cover.. But don't judge the book only by its cover. So, I flipped over the pages and saw all sort of variations for making marshmallows. Eerrrmmmm.... these are yummy indeed, I wish I could just tear the pages away and sample those yummy looking marshmallow pictures. You should see me when I looked at those pages... with my ooohhhs and aahhhss.... I gotta have this book. Confirm!!!



Then, being greedy and curious on knowledge ( ehem ehem.. look who's talking here..) I think I have to have another book on making other confectionary as well. After all, I only had the chance to visit KLCC like 2-3 times a year only.. ( I used to have lunch in KLCC every day when my office was at Jln Yap Kwan Seng before. And Kino is my usual lepak place after lunch actually.. sorry boss!! the he he). So, I have enough reason to get a 2nd book which you guess what... "CandyMaking for Dummies" ha ha ha... I didn't choose it because I'm such a dumbass in Candymaking, but simply because I knew this book would be able to tell me what I had done wrong or right during my experiments in candymaking. Its a pretty basic book and think its pretty suitable for a person with hours and hours of sitting in front of the laptops whom initially do not even know how a candy thermometer looks like. So I picked up this book as well. As soon as I finish reviewing the contents of the book later, I'll share it again in here. Ciao....