Chocolate Class

I went to a Chocolate class tonight, at Reno's premiere (pretty much only) cooking school, Nothing To It. The class was a gift from our friend Anju; one of the most thoughtful gifts I've been given in a long time. It was supposed to have been taught be Alice Medrich, who has written prize wining cookbooks and owns a San fRancisco based chocolate company, Cocolat. She had an emergency and couldn't make it, so the class was taught by a man (I forget his name, how good is that) who has a chocolate company in Gardnerville, NV, Grimaldi's. The class ended up being about making truffles, which is what this guy's specialty is. I was hoping it would be a bit more about chocolate in general, not just about dipping one thing in another, but there you have it. Did learn a bit about different types of chocolate, percentages and whatnot, but (gasp) I'm not really a huge chocolate fan. I told myself that's why I was there, to learn to appreciate it so I could bake with it for others, but... Didn't get bit by the chocolate bug. Plus, I'd never been to a "cooking class" before, and it felt a little bed-and-breakfasty -then whole enforced interaction with people that you otherwise wouldn't get along with or even talk to. But I'm kind of private that way...