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Chocolate-tasting class at Kafka’s Coffee and Tea

Chocolate 201Spring has sprung! It means spring cleaning, gardening and maybe (please, pretty please?) the opportunity to trade our winter coats for lighter jackets. We can only hope.

For chocolatiers, this is a hectic time of making chocolate-shaped bunnies, eggs and chicks. And for me, it means it’s time to get out from behind my little desk and teach a class or two.

Chocolate tasting at Kafka’s Coffee & Tea

Once again, I’ll be teaching at Kafka’s Coffee & Tea. Learn about where chocolate comes from, how it’s made, and the wacky personalities behind the products. For those who haven’t taken a chocolate-tasting class before, this is a great introduction to the world of fine chocolate. And if you’ve already attended one of my classes, you’ll know that one of the best ways to improve your palate is to practice. Lots.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011
7:30-8:30 p.m.
Kafka’s Coffee & Tea (2525 Main Street, Vancouver)
$15 plus HST and service fees.

Purchase tickets in advance: http://chocolate-tasting.eventbrite.com/

The last session sold out, so don’t dawdle!

Here’s what people have said about previous sessions:

“[I] enjoyed learning about the background information on chocolate making and chocolatiers! I’ll be more discerning and appreciative of chocolate now that I am better informed.”

“I thoroughly enjoyed the event – hard to say anything bad about an event where you get to taste chocolate! I especially enjoyed the anecdotes about all the various chocolate manufacturers – it is great to know a thing or two about the way your food is made and the people who make it.”

Chocolate tasting night at Kafka’s Coffee and Tea

Chocolate 201Who likes chocolate? You like chocolate! What better way to indulge your habit than with a chocolate tasting?

Details:
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
7:00-8:30 p.m.
Kafka’s Coffee & Tea (2525 Main Street, Vancouver)
Admission: $10 minimum donation to A Loving Spoonful (see below)

We’ll talk about where chocolate comes from and how it is transformed from a cacao bean into a delectable treat. Learn how to taste chocolate–and best of all, practice tasting with a variety of chocolates, personally chosen by me, featuring some of my favourite chocolate makers.

For an idea of who I’ve profiled in my chocolate tasting classes, check out my recap of the Chocolate 201 series that I did with Xoxolat earlier this year. I make no guarantees that I’ll feature the same chocolate makers, but I do promise that it’ll be fun, educational and delicious.

A Loving Spoonful logo

http://www.alovingspoonful.org

Cost of admission is a minimum of $10, which will be donated to A Loving Spoonful, a Vancouver-based agency that provides free, nutritious food for those living with HIV/AIDS. Tax receipts will be issued for amounts over $20.

You must pre-register. Limited space is available, so don’t delay!

To register, fill in the handy-dandy contact form below. You can also register in person at Kafka’s Coffee & Tea or call them at 604.569.2967.

UPDATE: This session is full! Please fill out my contact form if you’d like to be added to my list of lovely people who find out about chocolatey things before everyone else. I promise not to share your email address without your permission, and especially not to share it with spambots, telemarketers or Girl Guides hawking cookies (no matter how cute they are).

Personal Puddings on the cover of Edible Vancouver

If you love pudding as much as I do, you’ll want to check out the Winter issue of Edible Vancouver. I’m proud to say that my article “Personal Puddings: A Confession, with Recipes” appears on page 36. And, even better, those fabulous personal puddings found their way onto the cover of the issue. (Many thanks to the very talented and oh-so-wonderful Leeanne Munn for making my puddings look as good as they taste.)

Until I get my hands on the pdf of the article, you can read the digital version of Edible Vancouver, which is full of tasty articles about spiced winter drinks, hazelnuts and much more.

Also, I’m working on something cool with Kafka’s Coffee and Tea. We’re still working out some of the details, but it promises to be fun, exciting and chocolatey. If you’d like to get the details before anyone else, fill in the contact form below.