Heart of Dark(Chocolate)ness & Red Wine II

The object pictured here serves as a model of the principle that sometimes the most inspired ideas are the simplest. This is a

thin disk of dark chocolate, 75 percent cacao, that holds on the center of its slightly convex surface a scattering of crushed pink peppercorns. Take a bite. The chocolate is lush, smooth, powerfully flavorful with a slightly as…