Battle of the Brownies
Meghan Reedy
Sat Jan 20, 04-06:00pm, W20 Mezzanine Lounge
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: If not in the audience: A completed brownie recipe, place to
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.
Don't feel like putting in all the work to make brownies? Well, just come and eat some! We'll have plenty of space for people who just want to eat the brownies and be entertained, instead of making things.
From 4-5 p.m. will be judging of brownies made from scratch. From 5-6 p.m. will be judging for brownies starting from boxed mixes. Final head-to-head of winners from both categories at 6 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/iapcal2007.html
Contact: Meghan Reedy, battleofthebrownies@mit.edu
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Candy Bar Making and Chocolate Sculpture Workshop
Preeya Phadnis
Mon Jan 22, 07:30-09:30pm, 4-145
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Fee: 5.00 for Materials
An experimental session in creating candy bars and chocolate sculpture of all sorts. For the artists among us, a chance to create beautiful, edible centerpieces; for those of us who just want something tasty, a chance to make your very own customized candy bars. We'll provide the chocolate and flavorings -- the rest is up to you!
Web: http://web.mit.edu/~chocolatiers/www/iapcal2007.html
Contact: Preeya Phadnis, preeya@mit.edu
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Chocolate Tour of Boston
Meghan Reedy, Allison Kunz
Sun Jan 28, 01-03:00pm, Meet at 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/iapcal2007.html
Contact: Meghan Reedy, mcreedy@mit.edu
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Dark Chocolate Tasting
Ariel Segall, Preeya Phadnis, Siddarth Sundar
Tue Jan 16, 08-10:00pm, W20-491
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 22-Jan-2007
Single session event
Fee: 15.00 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. If you have any questions, there is a contact address below, but this event is first-come, first-serve -- we will not accept advance sign-ups.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/~chocolatiers/www/iapcal2007.html
Contact: Ariel Segall, ariels@alum.mit.edu
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Experimental Chocolate Truffle-Making
Preeya Phadnis, Noah Stein, Meghan Reedy, Jennifer Vandiver
Thu Jan 25, Fri Jan 26, 10am-06:00pm, McCormick Kitchen
Sat Jan 27, 12am-08:00pm, McCormick Kitchen
Sat Jan 27, 10am-06:00pm, McCormick Kitchen
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 08-Jan-2007
Limited to 32 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Fee: 10.00 for cost of materials
Note: There is no more space in any of the classes.
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.
There will be one class on each of Thursday and Friday, running from 10-12 and 4-6 (the class has a four-hour break to let the ganache set). There will be two sessions on Saturday, one at 10-12 and 4-6, and another at 12-2 and 6-8. Enrollment is limited to 8 people per class. Spots go quickly; be sure to sign up by Jan. 8!
Web: http://web.mit.edu/~chocolatiers/www/iapcal2007.html
Contact: Preeya Phadnis, preeya@mit.edu
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Milk Chocolate Tasting
Siddarth Sundar, Preeya Phadnis
Tue Jan 30, 08-10:00pm, W20-491
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
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 milk chocolates, and will discuss and rate them.
Enrollment is limited due to space considerations, but the event is first-come, first-serve -- we will not accept advance sign-ups!
Web: http://web.mit.edu/~chocolatiers/www/iapcal2007.html
Contact: chocolatiers-officers@mit.ed
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The Science of Chocolate
Michael Cima, Allison Kunz
Thu Jan 18, 08-09:00pm, 34-101
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
A lecture on the science of chocolate, with demonstrations if we can arrange them. What exactly is in chocolate, anyway? Why is water so bad for chocolate? What exactly does it mean for chocolate to be tempered? Why are we all so addicted to it? What other chocolate-related questions can we come up with?
Web: http://web.mit.edu/~chocolatiers/www/iapcal2007.html
Contact: chocolatiers-officers@mit.ed
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