The 19th annual edition of the Salon du Chocolat is just around the corner, taking place in Paris from October 30 to November 3, 2013. This year’s show is bigger than ever, with two showroom levels and 20,000 square metres of exhibition space–nearly double the size of last year’s show–devoted to chocolate in all its … Continue reading Salon du Chocolat 2013: The Magic of Chocolate!
Chocolatier-artist Patrick Roger, renowned as much for his exotic chocolate sculptures as for his gourmet chocolate creations, has put the spotlight on painting for his latest back-to-school chocolate treats. These colourful tubes of paint, which are entirely handmade, are filled with 64 per cent dark Madagascar chocolate! Available at Patrick Roger, 108, boulevard Saint-Germain, … Continue reading Patrick Roger: Tubes of paint… filled with chocolate
As part of his fall collection, Paris chocolatier Jean-Charles Rochoux has combined the bitterness of dark chocolate with the sweetness of honey and toasted pine nuts. The chocolate and honey collection includes three different chocolate bonbons made with three distinct varieties of honey, including honey produced in Paris! Parisian honey benefits from a diverse vegetation … Continue reading Jean-Charles Rochoux: Dark chocolate & honey
La Maison du Chocolat is taking part in the third edition of Paris Design Week, which runs from September 9-15, 2013. At the invitation of MOST, a new fashion, luxury and design magazine, La Maison du Chocolat’s Chef Nicolas Cloiseau has created some striking geometric designs made of chocolate. Photographs of Cloiseau’s designs, taken by … Continue reading Paris Design Week: Géométrie Gourmande
Ever dreamed of taking a French pastry class in a real Parisian pastry shop? This could be your chance. Chef Sébastien Gaudard of Pâtisserie des Martyrs is offering a series of hands-on pastry workshops this fall. Chef Gaudard and his team will be sharing techniques and secrets for successfully making meringue, eclairs, croquembouche, kougelhopf, rhum … Continue reading Pâtisserie des Martyrs: Fall pastry workshops
