http://www.collegeofcookbookknowledge.com/blog Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:02:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.collegeofcookbookknowledge.com/blog/2008/09/28/robert-steinberg-scharffen-berger-chocolate-founder/ http://www.collegeofcookbookknowledge.com/blog/2008/09/28/robert-steinberg-scharffen-berger-chocolate-founder/#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:52:03 +0000 jj http://www.collegeofcookbookknowledge.com/blog/?p=558 According to the Los Angeles Times, Robert Steinberg, physician, who later co-founded Scharffen Berger Chocolate, died September 17 at UCSF Medical Center, near his San Francisco home. He was 61. Dr. Steinberg had lymphatic cancer.
Steinberg and co-founder John Scharffenberger, and their company, played a key role in fostering a new chocolate sensibility in the U.S.; where the idea that chocolate is “a complex and interesting food” replaced the idea that it is merely a “sweet candy.” [Alice Medrich].
Steinberg and Scharffenberger co-wrote a cookbook/memoir, The Essence Of Chocolate. The book, published in 2006, contains 100+ recipes by the two and by noteworthy pastry chefs like Flo Braker, Jim Dodge, Thomas Keller, . . . And, Steinberg and Scharffenberg trace growth of their careers and their passion for chocolate as well.

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