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By Robbin Warner, February 21, 2012 6:11 pm

I had fun today posing my chocolates in places one wouldn’t expect to find chocolates

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By Robbin Warner, February 20, 2012 11:01 am

There is no better way to spend a rainy Sunday in Brussels than making chocolate. Here are some pictures of Sunday afternoon chocolate making in my kitchen in Etterbeek.

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By Robbin Warner, January 24, 2012 4:39 pm

Yesterday was the Donation Ceremony for the NATO Charity Bazaar where we gave out 188,000 euros to 27 Belgian and International charities. I have been the coordinator of this bazaar for the past three years. The NATO Charity Bazaar is the biggest social event at NATO HQ (to find out more about the event and the charities we support go to www.natocharitybazaar.org).

Being part of this organization has been one of the highlights of my time here in Brussels. It has allowed me to get to know NATO in a way I never would have otherwise. Through the Bazaar I met people from every member nation and Partners for Peace. The NATO Charity Bazaar has shown me just how important diplomacy is in today’s global environment.

But I digress. Back to a discussion of chocolates. For this event I made special NATO Charity Bazaar signature Chocolates. Since our organization’s colors are blue and orange, I made two flavors: one for each color. The chocolates accented in blue were salted caramels with crunch, one of my favorites. The chocolates accented in orange were filled with speculoos. Speculoos is a very popular favor in Belgium–kind of a cross between pumpkin pie and graham cracker.

The Patron of the NATO Charity Bazaar is Anne-Mette Rasmussen, spouse of the Secretary General of NATO. Danish TV covered the event (The Rasmussens are Danish and he is a former Prime Minister). To my pleasant surprise the clip included a few seconds of Mrs. Rasmussen and me by my chocolates. Click here to see the video. My chocolates appear at the 2:08 marker point.

Speculoos pralines ready to be decorated with orange accents

Orange accenting

Close up of the blue accenting for the salted caramels with crunch (I love adding crunch to my chocolates)

MY NATO Charity Bazaar Chocolates on a plate

MY NATO Charity Bazaar Chocolates on a platter

I wrote out "NATO Charity Bazaar" in chocolates in the middle of the platter. Here's a close up

Another close up of the chocolates.

I couldn't resist taking a few artsy shots with my new camera

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