Boulder, Colorado offers a lot of outing opportunities for students and their families while visiting during CU Boulder parents’ weekend. Downtown Boulder is home to amazing food, breweries, and some unique boutiques that can give you a feel for the local culture. You know what goes perfectly with all that exploration? CHOCOLATE. And a lot […]
Sneak a Peek into PL&C’s Truffle Class (free easy ganache recipe!)
When it comes to pastries and chocolates, ganache has an undeserved reputation for being a tricky subject. First, say it with me: Gah-nahh-sh. Ganache. Chocolate ganache is the magical formula at the center of many of our truffles and confections at Piece, Love & Chocolate. Sadly, though, many of our customers and students admit finding […]
CRAFT BEER AND CHOCOLATE’S SECRET LOVE AFFAIR
This is an article that Jeff Mendel, craft beer veteran; esteemed partner, director and ambassador of Lefthand Brewing Company wrote for craftbeer.com in association with The Brewers Association. It’s timely, in that next week is American Craft Beer Week. I asked if he would allow me to post it here because I think it gives a […]
Memoirs of Culinary School…
Are pastry chefs born or are they created? From the very beginning of culinary school, perhaps, even that first day of “Skills” with Chef Kennedy, I knew I was destined for pastry and chocolate. However, one of my favorite classes that tested my curiosity was not one of baking. It was the study of the cold kitchen […]
New Dairy-less Truffle
As your devoted chocolatier, I have heard your many requests and I have been working on several dairy-less ganaches. These ganaches are rather challenging! They are such delicate emulsions and like all good emulsions, depend on the perfect balance of fat and liquid to hold together. Traditional ganache is a blend of equal parts chocolate […]