Chocolate Tasting with Melanie Boudar of Sweet Paradise Chocolatier, May 25

Melanie Boudar, Sweet Paradise ChocolatierContinuing with its Taste Education Series, Slow Food Maui presents its fourth session: Chocolate tasting with Melanie Boudar of Sweet Paradise Chocolatier. In this session, Boudar will share her knowledge and love of chocolate. She will begin with the origins of chocolate and cover how chocolate is made from bean to bar then move into evaluating chocolate and what’s happening in Hawaiʻi’s Cacao Industry. The session will end with tasting chocolate from various origins including Hawai’i grown chocolate. In addition to her own, Boudar will offer chocolate from Guittard Chocolate Co. and Dole Plantation’s Waialua Estate.

Date: Wednesday, May 25
Time: 6:00-7:30 p.m. HST
Maui Culinary Academy logoPlace: Maui Culinary AcademyUH Maui College, Pa’ina Building310 W. Kaahumanu Ave., Kahului, Maui, Hawai‘i
Cost: $15

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Walk-ins are welcome, however, reservations are highly recommended due to limited seating per session.

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Tastings Of Archipelago

Several Slow Food Maui folks were spotted at Tastings Of Archipelago event night before last—Susan Campbell, Roxanne Tiffin and Peter Liu among them.

The event was a fundraiser for the Lahainaluna Agricultural Department Youth At Risk program held at Archipelago Maui, hosted by our own Dania Katz of Edible Hawaiian Islands. The food was amazing!

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Tastings Of The Holidays

Click to see the flyer...Archipelago Maui is hosting Tastings of the Holidays, a fundraising event for the Lahainaluna Agricultural Department Youth At Risk program.

The event is at Lahaina Design Center, 75 Kupuohi St unit 103, December 2nd 2010, 6:00 to 8:00pm. A donation of $25.00 is requested. RSVP to Dania Katz, 808-283-9921 or  daniaEdibleHI on Twitter.

Enjoy unique food and beverages created by local chefs James Simpliciano and Chef Riko with products provided by Kula Fields and Surfing Goat Dairy. Holiday mixers provided by OCEAN Vodka with delectable desserts by Sweet Paradise Chocolates.