FOOD NOTES



David Glass Reduces Fat

For an indulgence with less guilt than usual, there is the new reduced-fat chocolate truffle cake from David Glass. It is dense, iced with bittersweet glaze and decidedly rich. It has a deep chocolate flavor, but the texture is a trifle more cakey and less softly fudgey than the full-fat version.
Instead of 282 calories a slice (a seventh of his regular six-inch truffle cake), the reduced-fat version has 274, and four grams of fat. "It's the first time I have baked anything without cholesterol," Mr. Glass said.

-Florence Fabricant,
The New York Times

A Letter From Bill Clinton

David and Virginia Glass 140-150 Huyshope Avenue Hartford, CT 06106 Dear David and Virginia: Thank you for the delicious desserts made by David. It is a very thoughtful gift and I want to take a moment to let you know how much it means to me. As you know, I am busy working on the transition and preparing to assume the responsibility of governing this great country. Thank you for your continued support. Sincerely yours,

A Letter From David Letterman

	Dear David, Chocolate cake and mousse balls! I'm the luckiest man alive! Thanks for the tasty treats. Hope you have an enjoyable fall season. Your friend,
	Dave DL/ld LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN The Ed Sullivan Theater . 1697 Broadway, New York, NY 10019

Dark Victory

"Infinitely more than just another chocolate-mousse cake is David Glass's dense, creamy confection. The recipe of an inspired woman chef somewhere in France (Glass, who understudied in the kitchens of Troisgros and Archestrate's Alain Senderens, won't say who or where - 'She gave me the recipe because she thought she was about to die, but then she didn't'), it tastes rather like a melding of truffles on a crusty, crunchy bottom..."

The New Yorker

Also available here are David Glass's Mousse Balls. (For the last couple of years, David Glass has made an excellent, very rich chocolate-truffle cake that has caused backsliding among dieters throughout the Greater Metropolitan Area.) They are the size of golf balls and are made of chocolate mousse dusted with praline powder. They come in gold fluted cups, and can be eaten frozen, like ice cream, or thawed, like mousse.

Zabar's Baked Goods

"In the main store, desserts and baked goods are limited to the sensational rugelach sold at the bread counter, a selection of awful boxed pies, David Glass's wonderful chocolate truffle cake..."

New York City Marketplace Survey

"Drop-dead cakes by David Glass are found in most NYC gourmet shops, or you can order from his elegant mail-order pamphlet with beautiful still lifes to help you select from among his rich yummies (bite-size truffles, chocolate-covered cheesecake; pumpkin cheesecake and so on); mail order is offered only November through March (to avoid meltdown)."

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Food By Mail

"...Chocolate impressario David Glass' desserts are the stuff of which chocaholics' sweetest dreams are made. We discovered his chocolate truffle cake and chocolate-covered New York cheesecake several years ago and felt that nothing could top them. Nothing, that is, until Glass himself, a Hartford native who received his cullinary training in Paris, unveiled his latest creation: the Ultimate Espresso Chocolate Walnut Madness cake. Available exclusively to restaurants until now, "Madness," described as "incredible" by CONNECTICUT'S taste-testers, may indeed represent the ultimate in chocolate desserts..."

TOUT SWEET

Desserts by David Glass

It has been interesting to note that, during this jogging, Perrier-swilling, cholesterol- counting Age of Abstinence, not a few of us can't wait to fall face forward into dessert. Perhaps the best of a brown bunch is David Glass' chocolate truffle cake, an extraordin- ary concoction, smooth and weighty, full of chocolate. One may feel the urge to go lie down afterward - but with a smile. Covered with raspberries or your own whipped cream, this will be a favorite present for those whose holiday treat is not a carrot stick.

"For chocoholics: David Glass decadence"

"Now that fall has arrived, forget light raspberry tarts and lemon mousses. It's time to savor something rich and sinful. One of the newest indulgences: Bourbon Chocolate Truffle Cake from Desserts by David Glass. It's a dense, trufflelike chocolate cake infused with 117 proof Kentucky bourbon."

Sinful Sweets

"Chocolate Truffle Cake by David Glass: I have friends who say there are some foods that could be substitutes for sex, and this cake has to be one of them. It is a dark, dense, creamy confection that far surpasses anything similar I have tasted. The texture is almost that of a compact cheesecake, or flourless chocolate cake, and the taste is a pure shot of dark chocolate."

A LA CARTE

"Low-fat chocolate desserts? This may sound like an oxymoron, but with everyone trying to cut down on fat these days it's become the new challenge for pastry chefs and chocolatiers. How are the pros going about it? Baker David Glass has won rave reviews for the deep flavor and bittersweet chocolate glaze of his Incredible Delicious All-Natural Reduced Fat Chocolate Truffle Cake, even though a slice has just 180 calories and four grams of fat. The six-inch cake serves 6 to 8 people."