Kerry Beal

Welcome Dilettante - we will be thrilled to have both you and your wife along. We usually do show and tell on Friday night and get together for a dinner on the Saturday - plans are underway to organize those.

I've been looking for recipe that doesn't involve cans of SCM.

I've forgotten what I posted when I bumped this the other day to the new forum - pretty sure I added someone - so speak up if it's you! Definite RobertM Sue Casey Chocolot curls MelissaH Gwbyls tikidoc Tentative gfron1 - not seeing a commitment to come above but seeing an interest in Morato! lambrecht gourmet prabha Lurking waiting to decide DianaM

I did send an email to Liron - he's a she - haven't heard anything back yet. Unfortunately I lost the recipe in the great hard drive crash of 2014.

Saw one of those in a thrift store today.

Definite RobertM Sue Casey Chocolot curls MelissaH Gwbyls tikidoc Tentative gfron1 - not seeing a commitment to come above but seeing an interest in Morato! lambrecht gourmet

The hotel is pretty close to the Toronto airport - cost of course might be an issue - remember renting a car and taking it across the border is harder than renting one in Canada. Apparently Costco has really good deals on car rentals and if you keep watching after you've booked the prices get even better.

Friday I think is the day we will try to visit Soma - and show and tell in the evening.

Ok - here is the online hotel reservation process eGullet Chocolate and Confectionary Workshop Click on booking link – routed to Holiday Inn Page Enter dates, scroll down (group code is prepopulated), Click on “Check Availability” click “book this room” on preferred room type Fill out information, click next to guarantee reservation with credit card. Click “confirm”, confirmation number will appear.For phone reservations - call 1 866 568 0046 Rooms will be released if not booked by April 20, 2016.

That's what I figured.

Starting the list of attendees Definite RobertM Sue Casey Chocolot curls MelissaH Gwbyls tikidoc Tentative gfron1 - not seeing a commitment to come above but seeing an interest in Morato!

Lianne says chocolate over pastry.

I'd say it's never too early to do that! I'm just doing some negotiating with the hotel - looks like we will be able to get the same rate for the days up to and following so that's good - but they seem to want a guaranteed 40 'room nights' or I'm on the hook for the difference. I'm going to see if I can negotiate that down in number - I suspect we aren't going to have a huge issue with getting these numbers but I don't really want to have to pay it myself! And I need to get them to change the name from Edullet Confecionary Workshop!

Well I had a lovely visit at the aforementioned Holiday Inn this morning. I was introduced to Sean and Maria who showed me around the hotel and sat me down with a cup of coffee and told me what the hotel could offer. They also allowed that they were big chocoholics and would be anxiously awaiting our arrival. This particular Holiday Inn has won quite a number of awards - and I must say I was very pleasantly surprised. I think it will suit us. I'm just waiting for the costs on days around the main dates and and for the information on the code will will use to book. I'll have to decide if it's worthwhile to book the two rooms on each side of the suite they have on the 12th floor - that way we can rent the middle suite part on the Friday night for our show and tell - I suspect we may have difficulty finding another spot for our show and tell that will allow us to bring in our own beverages. The hotel is right across the road from the Yorkdale Shopping Centre - a rather posh mall. Katz's deli is a block or so away - lots of interesting things within walking distance. The venue where we will be holding the workshop is a 7 minute drive from the hotel - and about a 30 minute walk. Parking at the hotel will be $12 per day - hard to avoid in the GTA.

Going to check out the hotel today - looks like we should be able to get a rate of $148.76 plus tax for at least the nights of May 13 and 14 - working on a better rate for the 11th and 12th (they want $195 for those days currently) for people who want to come in early. I'll see what I can do about folks who want to stay later as well. I'm working on a block of 20 rooms - for the block rate to apply we need to have at least 10 rooms booked for at least one of the nights which I don't think will be an issue. Will let you know later today what the hotel looks like - it's not going to be fancy (it's a Holiday Inn) - but it's about the only thing close.

Road trip!!!!!!

Not sure if this is the exact one you are looking for or if you can tolerate bags - looks like Amazon has one vendor - http://www.amazon.com/Tata-Tea-Kanan-Devan-bags/dp/B00JH84XE0 And a a cheaper one (but not free shipping so it may balance out) - http://www.ishopindian.com/tata-tea-kanan-devan-tea-bags-100-tea-bags-pr-25380/

I think it might actually be this one.

Thought you might enjoy these Gluten Free Art.

Here's mine - instructions seem repetitive Caramel for Filling Ingredients 150 grams glucose350 grams sugar250 grams whipping cream50 grams buttervanilla Method 1.Warm the cream in a pot or the microwave until steaming. : Boil sugar and glucose to dark brown. Deglaze pan carefully with hot cream. Add butter and vanilla. Let cool. Pipe into dark chocolate molds. 2.Place sugar and glucose in a heavy pot and boil until quite brown. The darker you take it the more bitter it will be. : When the colour is as you like it, add the warm cream carefully. It will splash and sputter so be careful you are not burned. 3.Stir well to get any stuck bits off the pan. Add butter and vanilla extract. 4.Cool completely before piping into molds. This filling has a tendency to leak so it is best to let it sit overnight before backing off the molds.

Not a clue - will see if I can find out. Might be pastry.

I have news! Ramon Morato will be doing a demo at Humber College on Thursday May 12 - I suspect the time will be 5:30 in the evening as most of these demos are for Cacao Barry. There will be no cost to attend. But we need to let the Cacao Barry folks know ahead of time how many seats to hold for us. So keep this in mind when you are booking your flights and hotel. I'll get the the block hotel booking next week.

Think it was 425 then turned down to 350 after 15 min.