Kerry Beal

Plain chocolate seems to be the British term for dark chocolate - not necessarily couverture. 27 does seem low for white

Indeed he did! They are lovely people

Dinner tonight with Bianca’s family. A few little apps pasta with borage warm Tomino cheese - and the money shot

We got the Cooke’s tour of Rimini with Bianca’s dad what to do when your vent discolours your wall? Evoke the spirit of your departed nonna!

From Frankfurt a quick flight over the Alps to Bologna - then a drive to Rimini

Thanks Franci - we have a couple of nights not accounted for so those suggestions are very welcome.

This is a chocolate business trip. I week in Rimini then a little over an hour to get back to Bologna.

Breakfast on the plane - they remembered the cheese!

That would require staying awake - does not fit with my jet lag program!

Glue works quite well too!

What I won’t be eating tonight - wonder if they could add the cheese to my breakfast tray

This is @Alleguede’s gelato - the sticky toffee pud left something to be desired

Me too - but jet lag program precludes it tonight!

couple of things from the buffet for @Alleguede lavender breeze foie for @Alleguede gnocchi for me tenderloin for his nibs

My jet lag program requires 3 cups of coffee in short order. They brought me a 4th but I knew better!

So we are in the posh Signature Lounge. @Alleguede supplies their gelato and croissants.

He has 30 kg of baking in his bag.

You don’t have a blimp?

Great obit!

Just a week

Been doing a little advertising before this trip Tonight @Alleguede and I head out to Rimini, Italy (birthplace of Fellini) for Sigep - a huge pastry, gelato, coffee and a bit of chocolate trade show. Rimini also happens to be the home of the parents of @Alleguede’s girlfriend and this will be his first meeting with them - so he’s a bit anxious. There is a traditional flatbread from the area that I am hoping Bianca’s nonna will teach me. Looking forward to the foods of the area and sharing them with you.

I’d say before. But as Tri2Cook says - in the real world I'd add 50 grams and 1%

Costco has a couple of Panasonics with inverter technology - and being Costco you can take them back as needed.

Yup - it will overcrystallize - depending on the total weight - add melted cocoa butter to the white chocolate minus the 1% silk.

I made a video but was so disappointed with the results that it never made it on to YouTube. Anyway - if you took a class with Ruth before - perhaps you could ask her about a Fuji class - or join us in Buffalo