Over the course of Maida Heatter's 50-year career as a genius of baking, one thing was constant: her passion for chocolate. She created hundreds of recipes for chocolate cakes, puddings, pies, cookies, and this book collects 100 of her very best, including the World's Best Hot Fudge Sauce, as well as Chocolate Bread, Oreo Cookie Cake, Bittersweet Chocolate Biscotti, Chocolate Pecan Pie, Mocha Velvet, and even 86-Proof Chocolate Cake. Heatter also provides a thorough tutorial on the essential tools and techniques needed to make these spectacular desserts.