Kerry Beal

Humbolt Fog is like the richest cream cheese ever! The combination was quite lovely when I tasted it. Like a more solid creme brûlée

You know you are a true chocolatier when you have a triglyceride tattoo on your body.

There were some other choices as well - someone was cooking nice pieces of foie gras. Cheeses, breads, duck breast confit, duck rillettes and pate with foie I apparently missed catching on camera And when you are balancing food on your drink glass - you lose your pate!

Tonight dressed in our Sunday finest (make that the jeans and the shirts we wore to the Fancy Food Show) we attended a cocktail party hosted by Valrhona. It was on a roof top terrace attached to a beautiful old building. A mixture of white chocolate, boiron passion fruit purée and rum was poured through the chute into the glasses. Many little apps were served - this might be the only one I caught a picture of. Balanced as it was on my G&T so I could use the other hand to get the picture. Chefs Poirier and Salphet made a variety of sweet treats for us - macarons, tarts, sables, financier and caramel panna cotta. A modeling agency had been hired to act as servers and bar tenders. So there were many striking young men milling around.

You never know

Indeed - someone then told me exactly where he was born, where he lives now, how many kids he has!

So Bhavhani is making a smaller bowl and smaller set of stones that will fit on the tilting base (and the other base I assume). I thought of Jo immediately who mentioned she would like to be able to make smaller batches of stuff. I'm awaiting the arrival of mine.

Ah - I was pretending I was a dumb Canadian who didn't know who Springsteen was - then alluding to his best know song Born in the USA.

Exactly what I was thinking that Anna and I have to do when we are up north!

Usually my interpretation skills work out - but you've lost me today!

Last night walking home we came upon a crowd awaiting the egress of Bruce Springsteen from a building. I asked a fellow what was happening and when he mentioned Springsteen I said ‘he’s an American right?’ - he told me a very important American - I said ‘he was born here right?’ Buddy was not amused!

Things seen at the Fancy Food Show These are the pieces we found them working on at Valrhona on Friday

Indeed - will be hard to go from snow to what's going to hit you in Ottawa.

Yup - I knock it down 25º F typically, tent when necessary. Splitting sometimes occurs from over mixing the batter as well.

Your guess is as good as mine - something sauce like maybe cream cheese/sour cream like?

So true - they were still there when we left!

Damned to the Depths for me Gone Rumming for @Alleguede

Now at the Polynesian out on the balcony awaiting a tiki cocktail.

Shake Shack for dinner - planned on Cafe Katia but it was over an hour hike!

Snuck out this am after registering and before setting up our booth to grab breakfast. Recognized the name Juniors from a cookbook I’d picked up in the cheap cookbook store so figured it couldn’t go too wrong making breakfast They offered us cheesecake after breakfast - I guess that’s dessert?

Right across from the LIRR ticket boothes

Likely 2-4 people tops

Ideas for tonight would be welcomed!

There's a Shake Shack in there - would that be best avoided too?