Food and Things » Jacques Torres http://www.foodandthings.com Food Adventures Near and Far Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:04:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Upper West Side Chocolatier Jacques Torres in Kings of Pastry at Film Forum http://www.foodandthings.com/2010/09/upper-west-side-jacques-torres-in-kings-of-pastry-at-film-forum/ http://www.foodandthings.com/2010/09/upper-west-side-jacques-torres-in-kings-of-pastry-at-film-forum/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:37:57 +0000 Laura Weiss http://www.foodandthings.com/?p=5997
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    • ]]>     Love pastry but hate the calories? The Film Forum is hosting Kings of Pastry, a documentary featuring 16 French chefs–including Jacques Torres—baking, sculpting and piping their way (hopefully) to being declared one of the best pastry chefs in France. See below for details: CORRECTION: The reception previously posted is by invitation only. To purchase tickets to see the film, go to the Film Forum site.

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    ]]>     http://www.foodandthings.com/2010/09/upper-west-side-jacques-torres-in-kings-of-pastry-at-film-forum/feed/ 0     Upper West Side: Jacques Torres Unveils Thanksgiving Chocolates http://www.foodandthings.com/2009/11/upper-west-side-jacques-torres-unveils-thanksgiving-chocolates/ http://www.foodandthings.com/2009/11/upper-west-side-jacques-torres-unveils-thanksgiving-chocolates/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:55:10 +0000 Laura Weiss http://www.foodandthings.com/?p=3848
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    • ]]>     Want a change from those those holiday dessert staples, apple pie and its Thanksgiving twin, pumpkin? Jacques Torres, with a shop on Amsterdam Avenue, can supply you with chocolate bars packed with seasonal flavors. There’s a white chocolate one laced with apple pie filling and a dark chocolate morsel that’s enriched with a layer of pumpkin puree.

    Photo: Chocolate Springs.

    Photo: Chocolate Springs.

    These somewhat odd confections showed up at last week’s Chocolate Show, the annual display of the chocolatiers’ art that takes place at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea.

    Chocolate makers collected in the spacious hall from all over the world. There were the large commercial operations like Godiva, which was showing off its new line of cupcakes. And there were small artisanal outfits, such as 2 Chicks with Chocolate and Roni-Sue’s Chocolates, which boasts a location in the Essex Street Market.

    Among the best chocolates I sampled at the show were the exquisite bars from Chocolate Springs, a Lenox, MA confectioner.  Salty caramel chocolates are everywhere these days. But the ones from this Berkshire chocolate maker exploded with flavor. In fact, the distinctive taste of each ingredient shone through enhancing, rather than masking, the chocolate. Also sensational were Chocolate Spring’s passion fruit white chocolate ganache bars. Click here to order online.


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