Vanessa Barg

In preparation for the upcoming raw chocolate class I’ll be teaching this summer at the Natural Gourmet Institute, I’ve been hobnobbing with chocophiles. So, tonight I went to another raw chocolate and wine tasting where Vanessa Barg of “Gnosis Chocolate” launched her “Raw Star Salt Bar”, a velvety smooth raw fleur de sel chocolate bar with a flourish of pink Himalayan salt. Not only was it a wonderful treat to taste this new confection, but also to have finally met both her and chocolate connoisseur Clay Gordon of The Chocolate Life. Margaret Bodriguian of the “NYC Chocolate Meet-up Group” rounded up the evening with her passion and conversation for food that matters. ||| Photo Credit: Helen Castillo