Chocolate School 2.0
It takes cajones to set a cooking show to the tune of Isaac Hayes's "Chocolate Salty Balls." Emeril's not doing it. Neither is anyone else on cable or network TV. The only guy brave enough is James Beard Award-nominated chocolatier Michael Recchiuti—on YouTube.
Last week, the namesake of Recchiuti Confections uploaded two videos: Chocolate Truffle Class Part 1 and Chocolate Truffle Class Part 2. Recchiuti turns a San Francisco freight elevator into a makeshift studio, where he unveils a try-this-at-home recipe for "refrigerator truffles" while throwing around cue cards and tossing back champagne. Dressed like a wacked-out Santa in a red cap and a pair of kitchen overalls, he's the most subversive chef since Mero Cocinero, star of culinary-politics roadshow Cooking con Karimi (con Castro).
About the author: Emily Stone, a food writer and proprietor of Chocolate in Context, is a chocolate enthusiast, itinerant traveler, and a lover of literature who lives in Pittsburgh.
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4 Comments:
All I can say is (jumping up and down) OMG OMG OMG! and Thanks Mike.
Emily you are the best!!!
JerzeeTomato at 2:43PM on 01/02/08
I found this website from reading another blog last week. IT WAS BY FAR MY FAVORITE YOUTUBE I'VE EVER EVER SEEN! I LOVED EACH AND EVERY MINUTE! It was so CLEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!! Plus I even learned some new things by watching this video!
Jane M at 3:25PM on 01/02/08
So much fun! His store at the San Francisco Ferry Plaza Building is so sophisticated and classy, that seeing him in this elevator/make-shift studio is even more of a riot. I LOVE that he used Chocolate Salty Balls. A song that makes me laugh every time I hear it.
FigswithBri at 4:24PM on 01/02/08
I agree, fantastic!
JEP at 7:29PM on 01/02/08