Comments on: Meet Chocolate Experts at Fog City News in San Francisco

By: Carroll

Carroll — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 01:50:15 +0000

Whew! As a newish commenter, I sure wouldn’t have wanted that to be taken the wrong way

About the baking and eating thing though, I have to say that in the middle of the whirlwind baking frenzy that’s been going on in my kitchen this week, I have actually *lost* a pound or two (yay!) I guess it’s because I’m not usually on my feet so long, or reaching so frequently up into high shelves, and down into low cupboards. And also, oddly, that once I’ve made it, I’m not nearly so tempted to consume it as if someone else had made it.

Gee, do you suppose all the people out there who claim that moderating one’s weight is simply a matter of diet and exercise could actually be onto something??

By: foodgal

foodgal — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 23:42:01 +0000

Carroll, no worries. I think we all read your comments in a humorous light. Actually, I’m always amazed that most every pastry chef I meet is usually of average or slender build. You’d think with all that sugar and butter around that they wouldn’t be. But there ya go…

By: Carroll

Carroll — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 17:40:46 +0000

Wait — In the light of a new day, I see that very possibly my comment above didn’t come across in the cheerfully-envious manner in which it was intended! I think it needs a friendly “Hrrmph” in front of the first sentence. In no way was I meaning to question her credentials or expertise; only to admire her loveliness in the presence of all that chocolate! No way could I have a job like that and not weigh 300 pounds (sigh)

By: Nate

Nate — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:45:04 +0000

Isn’t it amazing how many artisanal choclatiers there are in America these days?

By: Carroll

Carroll — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:37:48 +0000

How can a so-called “chocolate expert” be that slender and clear-skinned (not to mention well made-up)? Looks to me like she’s never so much as inhaled the merest whiff of butter fat, let alone ingested any. Feh!

(Oh, for the metabolism of youth!)