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Chocolate 201: Claudio Corallo recap

Chocolate 201 in Vancouver
I waxed poetic about Claudio Corallo last week. I know you’re busy, being all run-around-y in the sun and all, but it’s worth reading. I promise. I’ll wait. … *twiddling thumbs* *whistling* …. So now that you know who I’m talking about, I can talk about his chocolate and you’ll...

Women and chocolate

On a slow news day, you’ll probably find some variation on the statistic that anywhere from 50-70% of women prefer chocolate to sex. Well, in an informal study yesterday afternoon, I asked four women which they’d prefer. Three of the four chose chocolate. The fourth chose both. This post is...

Green tangerine, where have you been all my life?

A quick Google search of “green tangerine” turns up a scrapbooking store, a spa, and a whole bunch of media companies. I just want to know where to get the damn things so I can try to reverse engineer Soma Chocolatemaker‘s green Tangerine chocolate bar. Of course, that’s silly. I don’t...

Rioja gets it right

Rioja was one of the presenting restaurants at the opening reception for the IACP conference in Denver, and didn’t disappoint. Their offering of homemade arugula ravioli, oak barrel smoked chevre on brioche, and salmon tartare with Valencia orange gastrique was just a glimpse of what they could do. On the...

ChocolaTas: tea-infused chocolates

Yesterday I talked about the dent-du-midi (almond praline) at ChocolaTas. Today, it’s tea-flavoured ganaches. They make a bunch of them, including Rooibos, Kyoto Cherry Rose, and Green Tea, but I was restrained and tried just one: the Earl Grey. Earl Grey is a pretty classic flavour (we made them in culinary...