Word: whittlesey
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...year the message may contain a bit more bite, now that chocolatiers are creating treats that are more savory than sweet. Vosges Haut-Chocolate is offering truffles filled with Taleggio cheese or topped with dried olives. Chefs are also using cocoa in dishes that come before dessert. F. Bryce Whittlesey has created a menu at Wheatleigh in Lenox, Mass., that includes lobster, foie gras and venison--all made using chocolate as one would a spice or an herb. How sweet it is--or isn't. --By Lisa McLaughlin
...Rosa Mexicano in New York City. Chefs are finding innovative uses for the fruit in dishes sweet and savory. At Bolo, also in New York City, Bobby Flay features a roasted-butternut-squash soup with toasted almonds and pomegranate molasses, while at Wheatleigh in Lenox, Mass., chef Bryce Whittlesey has created a Manjari velvet-chocolate cake that is served with fresh pomegranate seeds and a reduction of pomegranate with cinnamon...
...Whittlesey uses a variety called Wonderful, which is also in the increasingly popular Pom Wonderful juices. Some devotees are drawn to the juices for their intense sweet-tart taste; others are intrigued by the fruit's supposed health benefits, touted in the drinks' high-decibel ad campaign. "Cheat death," screams one Pom Wonderful ad, while another provocatively states, "It's been around for 5,000 years. Drink it and you might...