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How To Make Chocolate Truffles

Learn how to make chocolate truffles by watching San Francisco-based chocolatier Michael Recchiuti in action as he makes truffles in an elevator (an elevator being your second choice if your kitchen is too crowded): Check out part two after the jump....

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Post a Comment | Posted by Robyn Lee, December 26, 2007 at 2:30 PM
Tagged: chocolate, Michael Recchiuti, video

Nontraditional Trick or Treat

Even on October 31, some of us would just as well pass on the Hershey's Miniatures. Luckily, there are some other options: High-Art Trick or Treat: Bay Area superstar Michael Recchiuti is known for blending five or six chocolate couvertures to achieve the right flavor profile for his confections, and for the savvy designs that he applies to his bon bons using transfer sheets painted with colored cocoa butter. This season, he's whipped up fresh cinnamon-malt-chocolate bon bons and topped them with bats, ghosts, menacing pumpkins, and black cats. Border-Crossing Trick or Treat: Mexican customs for acknowledging departed souls are simultaneously more grown-up and more spooky than their American counterparts. Instead of dressing up like ghosts and goblins on October...

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1 Comment | Posted by Emily Stone, October 30, 2007 at 12:15 PM
Tagged: chocolate, John and Kira's, Michael Recchiuti, Painter Girl Chocolates, Serious Chocolate