Aroma: The Magic of Essential Oils in Foods and Fragrance

The recipes are organized by the spice or flavor: spearmint, cucumber, lemon verbena, jasmine, truffle, cognac and 21 others. The first page on each flavor has a simple but interesting description of how best to use and pair. In the first 15 minutes, just browsing the book, I got lots of new ideas for combinations. I plan to buy more copies for gifts.The recipes use gourmet preparation and cooking methods that will make fabulous dishes. With the ingredients and proportions I can simplify the process and eliminate some steps when time is limited.

There are few things as memorable as the aroma of home cooking. Now imagine if a chef met a chief perfumer and together they concocted exotic recipes. Mandy Aftel introduced Daniel Paterson to a number of essential oils. Some of the oils used in the recipes for facial products and gourmet treats include: 100% Pure Essential Oil Geranium 0.5 oz Liquid Lavender 100% Pure Essential Oil - 10 ml Litsea Cubeba (10 ml) Neroli 100% Pure Essential Oil 5ml Aura Cacia - Myrrh Essential Oil, .5 oz liquid Yes many of these recipes require gourmet ingredients like the following:PomelosSaffronCognacChampagneValrhona ChocolateCrème Fraiche (or you can make some with buttermilk and cream)Black truffles Urbani White Truffle Infused Oil, 60-ml Bottles (Pack of 2) Gelatin Sheets - Silver Label - by ChefShop  (as opposed to the easier to find packets)Some of the unique projects in this book include two recipes for scented bookmarks. You may also want to grow your own herb garden as some of the recipes call for lemon verbena and tarragon. I tried making the face elixir which calls for  Aura Cacia Chamomile  and  Aura Cacia Ylang Ylang . It was intoxicating and induced a deep relaxation. You can use it at night. All you really need to find is  Aubrey Organics - Rosa Mosqueta Rose Hip Seed Oil, .36 fl oz liquid  - which is what I used, chamomile and ylang ylang. There was really no need to order apricot oil and Mayumi Squalene - Squalene Oil which is quite expensive.Some of the tempting recipes you might enjoy include:Chocolate-Mint TrufflesLavender Shortbread CookiesOrange Flower CustardCoffee Ice Cream with Candied OrangeChocolate-Cinnamon CaramelsVanilla Poached Pears with SabayonYellow Corn Pudding Glazed with White Truffle ButterGrilled Steak with Onion-Potato Compote Scented with LavenderCoriander-Crusted Wild SalmonCumin Crackers with Eggplant DipSteamed Halibut with Lemon-Chamomile SauceA few of the recipes require you to first prepare a stock. Instead I'd recommend just using 1 teaspoon of stock base for every cup water. You can then substitute this for the homemade stock called for in the recipe. In one of the recipes you use cumin seeds and cumin oil. For the home cook it would just be easier to find the cumin seeds.This book introduced me to quite a few essential oils I've never heard of and I've read quite a few books on essential oils. "Litsea Cubeba" was totally new to me and it is used to make a bath oil. To find some of the oils used in the recipes you may want to try looking around here at amazon. There is a source section at the back of the book but it would have been much more useful if it has listed specific ingredients and then the exact source. As it stands you may need to go to numerous websites to look up ingredients.Some of the things I noticed in the recipes may also discourage the making of some delicious foods. For example, in the Sweet Onion Rosemary Soup you need to make an infused oil as a separate recipe. The recipe uses six cups of olive oil. It would seem easier if the recipe had just required you to make an exact amount. One recipe uses 1-2 quarts of the oil which seems extravagant. In a recipe I really wanted to make - Artichoke-Saffron soup, there are not enough instructions to make me feel confident that I could make it. I couldn't figure out what you are supposed to do with the artichokes after you cook them. Surely you don't put the entire artichoke in the blender as the recipe seems to imply.For some of the recipes you will need to own an ice cream maker. Otherwise all you need is non-reactive cookware. It is not recommended that you use anything like aluminum or cast iron.I would only recommend this book to the very adventurous or to someone who loves entertaining because the recipes are mostly for 8 servings. The recipes will also be fairly expensive to make because you need to buy specific essential oils for almost every recipe. There are some essential oils you may only use once unless you intend to make the recipes again. I was lucky because I have a small collection of essential oils so making the facial products was fairly easy. I will on the other hand probably never buy cumin essential oil because I fear I'd never use it again except in the recipe in this book. This is really a journey of sensory discovery and one of the most unique books I've ever encountered.~The Rebecca Review

This amazing book shows you how to maximize taste by utilizing aroma, and introduces you to things that provide the aroma. Besides being a cookbook, it also has recipes for fragrant household and per4sonal items. It also gives you a list of web sites where you can buy the aromatic ingredients they use. I've never seen anything like this book.

Delivery was fast, very well wrapped, I am very happy with the company I received the book from. As far as Aroma: The magic of essential oils in Foods. There was no more information than what I use essentials oils for. I was looking for something beyond beginner. For the newbie this would be a good book for them. Since my sister was visiting the same day the book arrived I gave it to her. Well wrote, pictures are nice, easy read; but I did not purchase the book to offer me blends for bath oil, cologne spray, perfumes, mist, diffusers, bath salts, body oils, I wanted a book that was more toward and only possibly "Essential Oils in Foods" not not not Fragrance.

For beginning perfumers, this book offers a wealth of information that is oriented towards the usage of essential oils/absolutes/concretes while avoiding synthetic scents that are potentially toxic. Lots of references are supplied. She is an excellent writer that will captivate your attention.

Great (and logical) assertion, but the essential oils are not readily available in Phoenix (a very large city). We can get flavorings and emulsions, but have to search out the important oils on line.

A successful collaberation between a master natural perfumer and a master chef, with luscious results! The photographs are gorgeous---the formulas unique. Attractive enough for a coffee table, this book will be frequently used and treasured. Well worth seeking out for a present for someone special!

Love this book.

This is a bit strange, it is both a cookbook and a recipe book for beauty products like colognes and bath salts!It is an interesting read and gives you a lot of ideas for ways to use essential oils. However, as a practical book it is not very useful. Many of the essential oils included are very obscure (at least they are in the UK; where do you get cep essential oil?), I imagine that unless you have direct access to a perfume laboratory you won't be able to find most of the ingredients, like concretes and some of the absolutes.I have shelves of books on essential oils and I know that they should be treated with respect as they can be very strong, but I feel that the writers recommend concentrations are too powerful.It is a beautiful book with lovely and unusual recipes (only one vegetarian though) and would be a good inspiration for creating a special meal as they are quite fancy.On the whole, it's not one that I'd use much.

Das Buch ist wirklich toll gestaltet, nicht nur das Arbeiten mit Lebensmitteln ist beschrieben sondern auch die Herstellung von eigenen Körperölen,Badesalzen etc.Leider gab es Lieferverzögerungen, da das Buch aus Amerika verschickt wurde, was sicherlich NICHT an dem Versandpartner lag sondern an unserem Zoll :/ Die Kommunikation war sehr gut, sodass ich sicher sein konnte, dass das Buch auf jeden Fall ankommt. Es wurde dann nach zu langer Wartezeit nochmals aus Kulanz verschickt ohne jeglichen Aufpreis.Wirklich toller Service und eine sehr gute Kommunikation über den gesamten Zeitraum!Sehr gerne wieder!!

Quality read and resource book