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[UPDATED] #TGIF! Time for Some Bourbon & Peanut Butter.

Posted on October 14, 2011 by | 1 Comment

Eat this, make that.

Update: They came. They saw. They conquered. Pictures from Hedy and Trew’s adventure are now on our Flickr!

Don’t worry, not together! Hedy is on the road again, this weekend in Chicago with Pastry Sous Chef Trew Sterling preparing for tomorrow’s annual Meals on Wheels Celebrity Chef Ball.  She’s getting help from friend and former Miami-based chef Randy Zweiban, now of Province, to put out 350 Chocolate Peanut Butter Pies. Holding down the fort here in Miami is Pastry Sous Chef Amy Kalinowski, who accompanied Hedy to New York City Wine & Food Festival earlier in the month.  We were wowed by this dessert special she is throwing down today, Roasted White Chocolate Bourbon Pie with whipped crema, wood oven roasted spiced pears & maple candied bacon.  Come in to try it @MGFD_MIA at lunch or dinner, and if you’re feeling ambitious, the recipe for Hedy’s sweet Chicago reunion is below. Continue reading →

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Hedy Goldsmith & the TCHO Chocolate Factory

Posted on September 15, 2011 by | 1 Comment

One of Hedy's chocolate sensations gets national attention.

By Ellie Sara Groden

Ellie Sara Groden, Michael’s assistant and my partner in crime, was born in Miami Shores, Florida. After teaching English in Rome for three years,  and other adventures abroad, in her mind most notably Maui and Big Sky, she returns to Miami to seek out more nature, culture, laughter and food! Find her on Twitter@EllieSara.

It’s no accident that our sweet executive pastry chef Hedy Goldsmith’s Smoked Chocolate Pie was chosen for the “Off Duty 50: Your Guide to an Awesome Autumn,” featured in this past Saturday’s Wall Street Journal. And what’s even awesomer?  To step things up at home base, she began using TCHO chocolate exclusively at MGFD as of about a month ago, including Milk Chocolate Couverture 49% organic, fair trade, drops, and Dark Chocolate Couverture 68% drops, as well as the Roasted Cocoa Nibs organic, fair trade from Ecuador.  Like Michael credits good food to good ingredients, we have a new chocolate love affair with TCHO, where “Great chocolate begins with great beans.” Better beans, better pie. And better Milk Chocolate Cremoso!

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