"cwdjrxyz" > wrote in message
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> The new Richart catalog just arrived. They have their usual chocolates
> that are fairly conventional with a few bold combinations. However
> their new seasonal box is very extreme in my opinion. It is called "A
> Festive Garden". My task for you is to see if you can match a wine, or
> any drink, to the 7 chocolates in the collection as described below.
> If you can not match a single drink for the whole collection, then
> perhaps you can match a wine to the single types of chocolates. The
> chocolates a
>
> 1. black truffle in criollo genache on a bed of potato coulis;
> 2. grilled corn on a bed of chestnut coulis;
> 3; pear coulis on a bed of Cassis de Dejon genache;
> 4. kalamanzi in soy milk genache on a bed of carrot coulis;
> 5. tomato in light genache on a bed of basil genache;
> 6. pumpkin coulis on a bed of chamomile flower coulis;
> 7. carmelized celery root coulis on a bed of genache flavored with
> mild spices;
>
> All are covered with high quality chocolate - no white chocolate.
> Usually the flavors are not too bold for Richard unusual combinations,
> but I have not tasted these chocolates. Unusual flavors are not new
> for Richard. Their special collection for the year 2000 include a
> tobacco flavored chocolate.

I cant match the wine but since you brought up chocolate
I highly recommend http://www.franschocolates.com/home....8b90e583fc3520
Outstanding world class morsels of delight..

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Lew/+Silat