May 14, 2008 |
Short Order
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Some people I know will think these triple chocolate truffle monsters are just the right size.
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Readers might think my passion for chocolate means I’m a raging chocoholic. No. I am merely a woman who deeply appreciates the fruit of the bean. I feel that one small bite of chocolate is the essential ending to any meal…an inspired finale to the day. Last week a thumping big triple chocolate truffle monster landed in front of me at dinner. It was an evening of smartly calibrated gourmand excess at the home of my longtime pal, Arthur Schwartz, who has been out promoting his new book, Jewish Home Cooking: Yiddish Recipes Revisited, by introducing himself as America’s second longest running food critic, citing me as the first.
I only meant to have a taste and broke off a modest chunk. But then I bit into its midnight dark cake-like exterior, struck an island of exquisite even deeper chocolate, and out-of-control, broke off another nubbin and…it was gone! It seems that when Michael Glosman isn’t organizing Arthur’s life as his personal assistant, he’s baking cookies (and rugelach in seven flavors) for shipment all over the country. Nothing is baked in advance. When an order comes in, he starts melting the chocolate. A dozen of these quarter-pounders (as big as a full size bagel but weightier) in a basket is $40 plus shipping. His “cherry cordial” is the same triple truffle cookie, land-mined with dried cherries. For information and orders, call 212 246 4205.
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