In 1980 he opened the Trellis, and the restaurant's reputation for killer desserts was born almost instantly with the Death by Chocolate cake: seven layers – 10 pounds, 2 ounces – of brownie ...

The chef Marcel Desaulniers, who died last month, had an over-the-top approach to dessert, a sweet counterpoint to the guilt-ridden chocolate culture of the time. By Tejal Rao Tejal Rao, the Food ...

The restaurant, at its height ... The recipe is shared in his 1992 cookbook, “Death by Chocolate,” which sold more than 300,000 copies worldwide. File image of Marcel Desaulniers, at Ganache ...

Death By Chocolate is put on by the Rotary Club of ... Raffle prizes will include things such as restaurant gift cards and hair and nail packages. To purchase tickets, visit Kurt’s Pharmacy ...