Very rarely do new kitchen experiments work right off the bat. Sure, if I am veganizing a recipe of mine, I can usually do on the first shot. But a new recipe idea I have never tried before? That is going to take some work. Sometimes it is close, but needs tweaking; other times, it can be a complete flop. However, every now and then I have a kitchen event that is such an epic disaster I can only laugh about it after the horror is gone. What follows is one of those moments involving chocolate…  (and for those of you who were there in 2006 for the Chocolate Spin Art, that is not the event I am talking about.  The rest of you are really intrigued by that now, aren’t you?)  But I digress: Picture it, New York City, 2005: Ethan had done a day trip to Albany to see

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