Chocolate as a Food Group!

In the tiny (almost a crossroads) hamlet of Marshville, down in the Niagara region, the Easter bunny has been very hard at work!  Marshville Chocolates have a local reputation for some of the best, most delicious, and traditional Easter candy.  The chocolate molds are hand filled and wrapped with the most decorative ribbons.  It's worth a detour from the celebrated Niagara wine route!  

$5000 per tray please

Just did a signing at the Cheese Boutique in Toronto  - a hidden gem of a place tucked away near the South Kingsway.   It's a repository for upscale, exotic ingredients from around the world...and the price tags are not for the faint of heart.  Run by the Pristine family who've been in 'the business' for three generations, it's a place to go to see what extraordinary possibilities exist for our own producers and processors.  While I was busy signing, Afrim Pristine arrived at the desk, smiling broadly.  His treasure?  A small wooden tray of precious black truffles...so pungent and rich in aroma that they need only be shaved onto a dish.