Battle of the Brownies
Janet Leung
Sat Jan 14, 03-05:15pm, Walker
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: A completed brownie recipe, place to make it, copy of recipe
Competition to determine best brownie recipe (with prize for winners), with MIT-celebrity judges! Use your grandmother's famous recipe, a recipe from online, or a jazzed-up box mix. See your favorite professors and MIT celebs eat and judge brownies. Advance sign up not required but preferred.
Judges will include: Profs. Grimson (Course 6), Mattuck (18), Demaine (6), Wheatley (EC housemaster, 21F)
From 3-4 p.m. will be judging of brownies made from scratch. From 4-5 p.m. will be judging for brownies starting from boxed mixes. Final head-to-head of winners from both categories at 5 p.m! Prizes for winners, audience gets to eat brownies as well!
See webpage for details, send email to the contact below to register.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/chocolatiers/www/iapcal2006.html
Contact: Janet Leung, battleofthebrownies@mit.edu
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Chocolate Party
Lisa Morin
Mon Jan 23, 07:30-09:30pm, Next House Kitchen
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
A tasty way to start off your week, featuring make-your-own hot chocolate and brownies. We have all sorts of chocolate flavors to try, from mint to dark, so come and enjoy! Located at Next House’s country kitchen (lower floor), start time at 7:30pm.
Contact: Lisa Morin, lmorin@mit.edu
Sponsors: Epsilon Theta and Laboratory for Chocolate Science
Contact: Lisa Morin, lmorin@mit.edu
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Chocolate Sculpture Workshop
Victoria Harris
Wed Jan 18, 07-10:00pm, 5-134
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Fee: 5.00 for Materials
An experimental session in creating chocolate sculpture of all sorts. Inspired by the beautiful chocolate centerpieces fancy chefs make, this is our own attempt to figure out through trial, error, and a great deal of mess how to do it ourselves. Email questions to vsharris@mit.edu.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/~chocolatiers/www/iapcal2006.html
Contact: Victoria Harris, vsharris@mit.edu
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Chocolate Tour of Boston
Rachel Chaney, Chaitra Manjunatha
Sat Jan 21, 11am-03:00pm, Meet in Lobby 7
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Want to know where to get good chocolate in Boston? Or just want to take a tour around Boston and eat chocolate? Come with us on a tour of Boston that stops at chocolate hot spots where you can buy or eat the best chocolate Boston has to offer. Tour leaves from Lobby 7. Email questions to the contact below.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/chocolatiers/www/iapcal2006.html
Contact: Rachel Chaney, r_chaney@mit.edu
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Dark Chocolate Tasting
Ariel Segall
Thu Jan 12, 08-10:00pm, 20 Chimneys, 3rd floor student center
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 30 participants.
Single session event
Fee: 10.00 for cost of tasting materials for non-members
Did you know that fine chocolates have a depth and complexity of flavor similar to that found in fine wines? Come and experiment! We'll have a wide selection of high-quality dark chocolates, and will discuss and rate them.
Enrollment is limited due to space considerations and is first come, first served. Email questions to the contact below.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/~chocolatiers/www/iapcal2006.html
Contact: Ariel Segall, ariels@mit.edu
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Experimental Chocolate Truffle-Making
Janet Leung, Preeya Phandnis, Rachel Chaney, Chaitra Manjunatha
Tue Jan 24, Wed Jan 25, Thu Jan 26, Sat Jan 28, 10am-08:00pm, TBD
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 08-Jan-2006
Limited to 32 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Fee: 8.00 for cost of materials
This singular event is a combination cooking class and informal food science lab. We'll have more chocolate and cream than you know what to do with, and a wide selection of flavorings to try out. We'll cover making truffles with extracts, infusions, and liqueurs, along with molding and dipping techniques. And best of all, you get to take them home afterwards.
This is a two-part, one-day event running from 10-12 and 4-6 pm or 12-2 and 6-8 pm, to allow for the chocolate ganache to chill before we practice rolling and dipping the truffles. Choose any of the four days, but sign up quickly! To sign up email the contact below before Jan. 8.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/~chocolatiers/www/iapcal2006.html
Contact: Janet Leung, jleung@mit.edu
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