Friday Night Cooking Series

A World of Dark Chocolates

Emilie Hardman

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Trained as a sociologist and experienced as an archivist, Emilie Hardman took a circuitous route into the food world, where she contributes to many food magazines and websites, authors an award-winning blog, reviews restaurants, and teaches baking, cooking, and guided tasting classes. Combining classroom experience at the Natural Gourmet Institute and Cambridge School of Culinary Arts with production management experience at Whole Foods, Emilie ran her own custom vegan baked goods business for two years. She is currently working on a cookbook of internationally inspired vegan desserts.


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It's not unusual for an informed discussion of wine or coffee to include a consideration of where the grapes or beans were grown, noting that the origin of these primary ingredients greatly influences the taste of the final product. In this class we will put that focus on chocolates, tasting a variety of dark single-origin and mixed-region chocolates from around the world. As a group we will taste chocolates and think about the different flavor profiles in each. To conclude, we will learn a quick tempering method for chocolate, and experiment by combining our chocolates with complementary ingredients like nuts, fruits, herbs, and spices, playing with various flavor combinations and imagining possibilities for building on these pairings in desserts or main dishes. Limited to 24.
A World of Dark Chocolates Sec. 02: 1 Friday, 6:30-9:00 pm. Apr. 9, 42 Brattle St. | $56
FRNT–02
$56.00
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