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The Worlds That Chocolate Made: A Tasting and Discussion

Tara Zanardi and Daniel Corpuz, as Facilitated by Adrian de León

Espacio de Culturas, New York University, 10 April, 3–5pm

Let’s talk Chocolate! Join Espacio de Culturas for an afternoon of delicious chocolate tasting while learning about its origins and history. On select Fridays throughout the semester, we offer programs that are hands-on and interactive under the title of ‘Fridays on the Patio’. These programs are free and open to the public with registration.

This event is in collaboration with SULO: The Philippine Studies Initiative at NYU, and includes a guided chocolate tasting, where you will be able to try chocolate crafted by Daniel Corpuz, a Filipino chocolatier based in New York City. The event will also feature a conversation with Tara Zanardi, a professor at Hunter College, who will explore the history and geopolitics of chocolate as they relate to the Americas and Philippines. The conversation will be facilitated by Adrian de León. Join us to appreciate the flavors of chocolate while also gaining insight into the systems that shape its production and accessibility—discovering the worlds that chocolate created.

Daniel Corpuz is a pastry chef and chocolatier based in New York City who graduated from the Culinary Institute of America, achieving his Associates Degree in Baking and Pastry and his Bachelor’s Degree in Food Business Administration in 2019. After working in Michelin restaurants like The Modern, One White Street, and The Clocktower, Daniel shifted to work primarily with chocolate as a result of the pandemic. This yielded the opportunity to be on Netflix’s School of Chocolate with world renowned Pastry Chef Amaury Guichon. Utilizing his Filipino-American background, he launched Daniel Corpuz Chocolatier. This chocolate brand centers on his upbringing while amplifying his industry experience by incorporating Filipino and Asian ingredients and flavors into his chocolates.

Tara Zanardi is Associate Professor of Art History at Hunter College, CUNY. Zanardi’s forthcoming book, Material Seduction: Charles III, Empire, and the Porcelain Cabinet at Aranjuez, 1760-65 (The Getty Research Institute), examines the king’s porcelain cabinet as a highly political and performative space and problematizes its imagery of empire and chinoiserie. Her current research includes an upcoming exhibition on chocolate, co-curated with Lynda Klich, and a book on the Real Gabinete de Historia Natural (opened, 1776). As Madrid’s first public museum, its global collections showcased the fluidity of art, science, ethnology, and archeology.