Black Friday Special and NY Book Event Next Week

...and a Paris chocolate pop-up, too!

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New York City Book Event

On November 30, I’ll be at Archestratus Books (164 Huron Street, Greenpoint/Brooklyn, New York) with Nichole Accettola, founder and head baker of Kantine bakery in San Francisco, celebrating her fabulous new book, Scandinavian from Scratch.

We’ll be doing a Q+A about baking, both French and Scandinavian, as well as answering questions and tasting some samples from her new book. If you’re in town, join us! RSVP here.

Sandrine Chappaz Chocolate in Paris

Chocolatier Sandrine Chappaz will be doing a pop-up in Paris at Galerie SIX, 76, Boulevard St.-Michel (6th) on Friday (November 24) 11am-9pm, Saturday (November 25) 10am-8pm, and Sunday (November 26) 10am-1pm.

I met Sandrine when I was researching Drinking French at her chocolate shop in the French Alps. I was fascinated by how she incorporates locally made Chartreuse in her chocolates (and pâtes de fruit and marshmallows), as well as herbs from her garden, just outside of her atelier. Pro tip: The Essendoles are made with a thin layer of Chartreuse jelly enrobed in dark chocolate.

Sandrine rates her Chartreuse-filled chocolates and confections by “intensity” — the Intenses (chocolate truffles) are the strongest, followed by the Essendoles.

She also makes a wide variety of other wonderful chocolates…in case the famed herbal liqueur isn’t your thing. And don’t forgot the chocolate-covered marshmallow bears, a take on the beloved French candy, Oursons Guimauves.