Nunu Chocolates, an artisanal chocolate company based in Brooklyn, New York, will be featured as a live chocolate-making exhibit at Brachfeld Gallery in Paris this month. From April 12 to 26, the company’s founders, husband-and-wife chocolatiers Andy Laird and Justine Pringle, along with fellow chocolatier Dave Gould, will be making truffles and caramels on location … Continue reading April in Paris for Brooklyn’s Nunu Chocolates
La Maison du Chocolat’s creative director Gilles Marchal will be giving a three-hour Easter chocolate workshop at Ecole Ritz Escoffier culinary school in Paris. Two sessions of this hands-on event, called Extrême Chocolat, will be offered: Sunday March 27 or Sunday April 10, from 10 a.m to 1 p.m. Participants will learn tips and tricks … Continue reading Easter chocolate workshop with Gilles Marchal
Encyclopédie du Chocolat, published by Flammarion (October 2010) under the direction of Frédéric Bau (Ecole du Grand Chocolat Valrhona), won first prize for best cookbook in the chocolate category at the 16th Gourmand Cookbook Awards handed out on March 3 during the Festival du Livre Culinaire in Paris. The 400-page book features some 150 recipes … Continue reading Gourmand Cookbook Awards 2011: Encyclopédie du Chocolat
Macaron lovers in Paris and elsewhere will want to mark their calendars: Sunday, March 20 is “Jour du Macaron” (Macaron Day) in France – an annual celebration of the delicate meringue-based confections that come in a rainbow of colours and fillings. Pierre Hermé, who launched this event in 2005, will be offering free macarons in … Continue reading Jour du Macaron 2011
Pierre Cluizel’s recently opened chocolate concept store, Un Dimanche à Paris, is holding a special Saint Valentine’s Day event in its restaurant for those in the mood for chocolate. A dramatic reading entitled “A la Tables des Mots” — described as a “sensual and succulent tale of an unusual romantic encounter” — will be performed … Continue reading Chocolate dinner show at Un Dimanche à Paris
As part of its “Paris Romantique” Saint Valentine’s Day-themed campaign, the Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau is giving away free gift or discount cards valid at Pierre Hermé chocolate and pastry shops and Pierre Marcolini chocolate shops in Paris. Pick up your cards at the Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau office on rue des Pyramides … Continue reading Romantic Paris chocolate freebies and discounts
Most chocolate lovers will agree that eating chocolate feels good. But did you know that quality dark chocolate is also good for you? An upcoming exhibit at Paris’s Choco-Story, Le Musée Gourmand du Chocolat entitled Chocolat et Santé (Chocolate and Health) will explore the health benefits of dark chocolate. From boxes of medicinal chocolate and … Continue reading Exhibit: Chocolate and Health
