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Hi all! I stumbled upon this forum while doing some intensive Googling to figure out which chocolate couveture I wanted to order for some chocolate work. An older post debating different brands helped me make a decision and I've been diving through other posts and finding a wealth of info. This seems like a great community and I'm excited to be a part of it.

 

I'm a CIA grad, baking and pastry arts, who then went into journalism with dreams of being a food writer. Have had some great experiences both in writing and pastry professionally over the years. Pandemic derailed a lot of things for me career-wise and I'm currently doing admin work while figuring out my path. As part of this, I'm starting to do some chocolate and confection work at home. Chocolate and confection class with Chef Greweling was my absolute favorite when I was at school. I'm considering getting back into practice and starting some kind of micro-chocolatier business in my area. One step at a time though! Here's hoping tempering chocolate will be like riding a bicycle 🤞

 

I'm grateful to have found a place in cyberspace with people who seem to have the same appetite for culinary minutia as I do. 

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Welcome @chocolatecoveredcaton !

Folks are mostly cordial, you're sure to make some fast friends.

Not a chocolatier here, but I love looking at everything people make.

 

Whereabouts in the world are you?

 

Did you find this thread?

 

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5 hours ago, TdeV said:

Did you find this thread?

 

And this one: 

 

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"There is no sincerer love than the love of food."  -George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman, Act 1

 

"Imagine all the food you have eaten in your life and consider that you are simply some of that food, rearranged."  -Max Tegmark, physicist

 

Gene Weingarten, writing in the Washington Post about online news stories and the accompanying readers' comments: "I basically like 'comments,' though they can seem a little jarring: spit-flecked rants that are appended to a product that at least tries for a measure of objectivity and dignity. It's as though when you order a sirloin steak, it comes with a side of maggots."

 

Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power.  -Robert G. Ingersoll, lawyer and orator

 

Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles. -George Jean Nathan, author and editor

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And this one: 

 

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"There is no sincerer love than the love of food."  -George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman, Act 1

 

"Imagine all the food you have eaten in your life and consider that you are simply some of that food, rearranged."  -Max Tegmark, physicist

 

Gene Weingarten, writing in the Washington Post about online news stories and the accompanying readers' comments: "I basically like 'comments,' though they can seem a little jarring: spit-flecked rants that are appended to a product that at least tries for a measure of objectivity and dignity. It's as though when you order a sirloin steak, it comes with a side of maggots."

 

Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power.  -Robert G. Ingersoll, lawyer and orator

 

Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles. -George Jean Nathan, author and editor

chocolatecoveredcaton

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On 2/24/2025 at 2:40 PM, TdeV said:

Welcome @chocolatecoveredcaton !

Folks are mostly cordial, you're sure to make some fast friends.

Not a chocolatier here, but I love looking at everything people make.

 

Whereabouts in the world are you?

 

Did you find this thread?

 

Thanks @TdeV! I hadn't found that thread yet, thank you for sharing the link. I haven't had a ton of leisure time to explore the forum at my ease but look forward to doing some soon! 

 

I'm in North Carolina in the US at the moment, though it's not the first or last state I've lived in. Originally from CA, have also lived in NY, Alaska, and Arkansas. Where about are you in this wide world? 

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On 2/24/2025 at 8:28 PM, Alex said:

 

And this one: 

 

 

On 2/24/2025 at 8:29 PM, Alex said:

And this one: 

 

Hi Alex, thanks so much for sharing these threads! Super helpful! I look forward to reading through! 

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50 minutes ago, chocolatecoveredcaton said:

Thanks @TdeV! I hadn't found that thread yet, thank you for sharing the link. I haven't had a ton of leisure time to explore the forum at my ease but look forward to doing some soon! 

 

I'm in North Carolina in the US at the moment, though it's not the first or last state I've lived in. Originally from CA, have also lived in NY, Alaska, and Arkansas. Where about are you in this wide world? 

 

Middle of Illinois. Used to be California (SF Bay area).

 

Notice that eG chocolatiers are "planning on the weekend of May 16, 17, 18 to be at the very brand new (not even built yet) TCF Sales facility in Cedar Park, Texas.  This is a suburb of Austin."

 

If you can, this would be an excellent meet/greet learning event. 

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8 hours ago, pastrygirl said:

I used to be a restaurant pastry chef, did mostly plated desserts for years. Now I'm focused on chocolate.

@pastrygirl That's awesome. I worked as a restaurant pastry cook for awhile as well. What part of chocolate work do you enjoy most?

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9 hours ago, TdeV said:

 

Middle of Illinois. Used to be California (SF Bay area).

 

Notice that eG chocolatiers are "planning on the weekend of May 16, 17, 18 to be at the very brand new (not even built yet) TCF Sales facility in Cedar Park, Texas.  This is a suburb of Austin."

 

If you can, this would be an excellent meet/greet learning event. 

@TdeV Ah, nice, I have family in the SF Bay-ish area. I grew up in Southern CA. 

 

That meet up sounds fun! I see some info about it in the thread @Alex shared above. Austin is the best part of Texas (in my extremely biased Californian opinion), lots of good food, etc! I'm not sure I'll be able to make it but I'll definitely look into it! 

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