Chocolate Apprentice

Fancy Pants Chocolate Bars

I think it was looking at, salivating over and finally tasting those wonderful chocolate bars at The Chocolate Tree, in Edinburgh, that made me want to try creating my own.

Perfectly tempered, glossy but unassuming on one side, when flipped over, they are a pretty picture of jewel-like fruits and roasted nuts.  It must be confessed, the idea of placing these items on the chocolate, rather than suffering again through my late, ham-fisted attempts at enrobing, really strikes my fancy, this week. [Read more…]

With Apologies to the Wildlife of Stanley Park

It’s a tradition in the theatre for actors to exchange opening night presents – a little something to wish each other well.

I’m currently appearing in the stage version of It’s A Wonderful Life at the Arts Club on Granville Island in Vancouver.  We opened last week.

While searching for the perfect way to celebrate the world premiere of  The Patron Saint of Stanley Park and the opening night of our friends and colleagues “across the alley”, at the Arts Club Revue Stage, the cast and crew of It’s a Wonderful Life have been wracking our collective brains. [Read more…]