Chocuterie
by Olive & Sinclair
Impact
At a Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers show the young'un tugged on the jacket with bug-eyes & shouted, "OMG they're doing that Stan Smith song".
"Uhhh, sorry son but it's more like the other way around."
Figuring it'd be too difficult to explain how / why The Grammy's give awards for plagiarism, let's just move on & credit Stan for stealing from good sources.
Olive & Sinclair (O&S) demonstrates good taste without outright pilfering. Instead it adapts a branch of cuisine -- cured meats -- for its own innovation.
Chocuterie: clever & creative…. even comes wrapped in butcher paper.
"Uhhh, sorry son but it's more like the other way around."
Figuring it'd be too difficult to explain how / why The Grammy's give awards for plagiarism, let's just move on & credit Stan for stealing from good sources.
Olive & Sinclair (O&S) demonstrates good taste without outright pilfering. Instead it adapts a branch of cuisine -- cured meats -- for its own innovation.
Chocuterie: clever & creative…. even comes wrapped in butcher paper.
Appearance 5 / 5
Sausage or Chocolate?
| Color: | see... |
| Surface: | … photo... |
| Temper: | … above |
| Snap: | n/a |
Aroma 6.2 / 10
moonshine & piss
hey, they go together
no way but this
one follows the other
hey, they go together
no way but this
one follows the other
Mouthfeel 11.4 / 15
| Texture: | softer than it lets on to... |
| Melt: | … rapid |
Flavor 43.4 / 50
bourbon-splashed cocoa-wurst with a dark fruit cake edge (the added blackberry) -> pause some in the middle & flavor progressively diminishes into a lemon-lime clearing
Quality 18 / 20
Definitely looks, smells, & feels the part. Add taste too.
Few will know what to make of it.
Less a chocolate & more a damn convincing deli-dessert hanging alongside the salami rows.
Flavor runs a little bit thin (mainly on account of brown butter & brioche in the recipe) & could stand a boost in the base elements (re: chocolate) to match the rising alcoholic vapors (attributable to a Cabernet Sauvignon rather than any whiskey).
But O&S largely aims & hits their target on this for some culinary wizardry. Strong points for conceptual daring.
INGREDIENTS: cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter,
Reviewed February 19, 2015
Few will know what to make of it.
Less a chocolate & more a damn convincing deli-dessert hanging alongside the salami rows.
Flavor runs a little bit thin (mainly on account of brown butter & brioche in the recipe) & could stand a boost in the base elements (re: chocolate) to match the rising alcoholic vapors (attributable to a Cabernet Sauvignon rather than any whiskey).
But O&S largely aims & hits their target on this for some culinary wizardry. Strong points for conceptual daring.
INGREDIENTS: cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter,
Reviewed February 19, 2015