22 October 2011 by pat.

I love the colours and varieties of mills they create. Their work delights the eye.

Here are the reds:

And here are the yellows:

Brilliant — maybe aniline dyes? I’m not sure; I should have asked. I know I saw them at the One-of-a-Kind last December, maybe I’ll see them again.

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22 October 2011 by pat.

Something else I saw at the Delicious Food Show today — it’s called the Thermomix by Vorwerk. It’s for sale in Montreal and at the show, and they ship, darling.

It measures by weight. It can do a lot of the work that a blender or food processor does. It’ll knead your bread dough for you. And it will cook your risotto or (absolutely delicious) carrot soup.

If you’ve got a small kitchen, this could replace a number of appliances. It holds 2.5 litres — Mme. Vineberg was generally working with 2L in it.

Here, have some risotto.

As you can see, it’s pretty compact.

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22 October 2011 by pat.

Chef Challet is demonstrating the use and versatility of cocoa butter that has been reduced to a particle size. He recommends using it instead of the standard fats we use to cook foods in the kitchen. It has a high flash point: 200C. What’s different about it?

You don’t put it in the frying pan to melt, come up to temperature, and then add the food to be cooked. You  sprinkle it on the raw food (or coat the food, like you would with bread crumbs) and then put the food directly in the frying pan. It sears, it preserves flavour, it reduces cooking time, and is cholesterol free.

Sounds interesting, and these mushrooms tasted very good.

Chef Challet is coming to Leslieville in the very near future — the old Leonidas chocolate store (gone, alas) is his new venue. He’ll be selling bread items (pain au chocolat, croissants, bread) and prepared food items (boeuf bourguignon, lobster bisque, for example). He expects to be open in about a month — I’ll hit the store when it’s open and post about it!

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22 October 2011 by pat.

Beautiful wares and some gorgeous looking tins of hot chocolate are among the things that caught my eye at Wildly Delicious Fine Foods‘ booth at the show.

These ceramic dishes caught my eye with their color:

And I meant to buy a few of these. I might have to go back to the show — or go to their warehouse sale, which is scheduled for Nov 2-Dec 22nd.

These boxes of peppermint hot chocolate mix look like great little gifts:

And if your favorite chocolate lover prefers dark chocolate, they’ve got dark hot chocolate, too.

This looks like it could have many uses

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