(TRENTON, NJ) -- On Friday, January 31, from 7:00pm – 9:00pm, the Trenton Museum Society presents From Bean to Bar, an evening featuring unique and unusual craft chocolates created by Trenton chocolatier, David Fiscarelli of Earth Dog Chocolate Foundry. The event is being held at Ellarslie, the Trenton City Museum located in Cadwalader Park in Trenton, NJ.
Patrons have the opportunity to taste a variety of chocolates sourced from beans from around the world, learning about the beans’ origins, their sustainability, and the process of turning them from raw beans to a finished bar, suitable for snacking or baking. They can select from a number of suitable wines to discover their own favorite pairings.
Classically trained at the French Culinary Institute in Manhattan, David Fiscarelli is best known to area foodies as the chef of the Wooden Horse Underground restaurant, a popular secret dining spot run out of his house. In his current incarnation, David is the owner and founder of the craft chocolate processing company Earth Dog Chocolate Foundry so named as an homage to the 11th animal of the Chinese zodiac.
“I find the name very auspicious; 2018 was the birth year of my son and also the idea to become a small batch processor. The earth dog’s traits are also what we want to embrace in our company,” David said, explaining more about why he got into chocolate processing.
“Culinarily speaking, learning to become a chocolatier was the hardest thing I ever did. It was a bit like The Divine Comedy by Dante because by the time I realized the difficulty of the journey, it was too late to turn back. Something that I thought would take no more than a weekend to learn took almost 6 months to become highly proficient in. To get to heaven you have to go through hell, I suppose, and, after investing all that time and effort, the most logical next step was to start my own craft chocolate company.”
David is a lifelong resident of the Trenton area and currently lives in the Hiltonia section of the city with his wife Yahna, his son Luca and his German Shepherd Moxie.
Earth Dog chocolate bars are on sale in the museum store.
Reservations Recommended. Tickets are available on the Ellarslie website. General Public – $50, Members – $40
