Pastry chef Oriol Balaguer’s La Cocina de los Postres is now available in English, and it’s pure eye candy of the avant-garde pastry persuasion. This one’s a little hard to find but worth seeking out.
Dessert Cuisine
By Oriol Balaguer (Montagud Editores, 2002; $149.95; available from Kitchen Arts and Letters, 212-876-5550).
There are some photos and background information on his collection of chocolates at: http://thespanishpantry.com.au/index.php?page=chocolate#2
Very nice!
I love this book, it's an amazing display of ideas and technique.