Event

St. Valentine's Day Chocolate Crawl

Join Virginie Delavaud, of Migration of Senses and the creator of "Chocolate and I", a celebration of artisanal chocolate, when she leads a special, informative, and very tasty St. Valentine's Day Chocolate Crawl around Manhattan. The tour will begin at Saxelby Cheesemongers at the Essex Street Market for a tasting of Vere chocolate and regionally produced farmstead and artisan cheese, specially selected by Anne Saxelby. After the cheese course, the tour will procede to MarieBelle for extraordinary hot chocolate (the REAL stuff, guaranteed), chocolate confections, and a chat with Maribel, the proprietor. The tour will end at Vino, Vino, where you will taste..well, more..chocolate, produced by Joy's Truffles, paired with New York State wines, selected by Rory Callahan of Wine and Food Associates. The chocolate you will enjoy is fairly and sustainably produced. Proceeds will benefit the Slow Food NYC Harvest Time Program of good food education at schools in East Harlem, the Lower East Side, and in Williamsburg.