The Chocolate Lesson
Today I went to get a few chocolates from a place called The Chocolate Box, which has supplied me with a few good housewarming gifts and at least one other blog picture! I happened to go in at a time where they were preparing white and milk chocolate rolls as decoration for the tops of their many desserts, and the chef was kind enough to let me watch and photograph. I could have stared at this process for hours, particularly when he layered the two chocolates and made striped rolls. The tricky part appears to be getting the consistency of the chocolate right so it stays liquid in the bowl, but solidifies within seconds once a light layer is flattened on the marble surface.