A spirited bonbon for your valentine
Forget the chocolate-covered cherries available near the checkout at the grocery store. Those are fine for a quick pick-me-up on a hard day, but if you want to make his heart swoon, give him a chocolate-covered Morello cherry from Michel Cluizel chocolates. One bite, one burst of heady, extreme cherry liqueur flavor, one long melting moment of dark-chocolate goodness, and he’s yours. This bonbon actually inspired the opening of Chocolat Michel Cluizel in New York: Chocolate “sommelier” and co-owner Richard Perl opened the store with a full liquor license so he could sell the spirited bonbons. Also available is the Raisin Alu, a bonbon that packs a wallop of grapey flavor in its grape-soaked-in-Vieux Marc interior, and bonbons infused with Calvados, cognac, Cointreau, framboise, Grand Marnier, kirsch, rum and whiskey. Available by calling 212-477-7335 or from chocolatemichelcluizel-na.com.
-Tara Q. Thomas
“Say It With Chocolate” competition
The kids of Third Way Center, a nonprofit treatment center for abused and troubled youth, host “Say It
With Chocolate” 5-8 p.m. Thursday at Gallery 1261, 1261 Delaware St. The “Best of Denver” competition
rates desserts from Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse, Le Central, Morton’s Steakhouse, Bonnie Brae Ice Cream, Belgian
Chocolate Shop of Cherry Creek, Espo’s Gelato & Sorbetto, Ted’s Montana Grill, Epicurean Catering, LaMar’s Donuts,
Enstrom Candies, The Sweet Soiree, Gateaux Bakery, Emily Adams, Jane Dempsey, Mary Brenemann, Greg Downs and Joan Farley Academy students. The students also will sell aprons, cookbooks they created, and handmade artwork. Tickets
are $20. Call Tami Lack, 303-780-919, ext. 13; thirdwaycenter.org.
– Denver Post staff
