A school of caramel "carp" with dark chocolate scales are a sweet
April Fool's Day prank. Photo credit: www.patrickroger.com
Oh, to be in Paris today, scooping up these cunning faux carp from Patrick Roger. Not that they would actually fool anyone. But with their caramel filling, black chocolate scales and googly white eyes, a netful of these little darlings would make a delectable April Fool's Day prank.
Roger, one of Paris’s top chocolatiers, has a passion for sculpting fish and other whimsical creatures out of his favorite medium. When I was at his Boulevard St. Germain boutique last spring, schools of bright tropical fish were swimming through one window while life size penguins perched on ice floes in the other. A few weeks later, wicked caricatures of Nicholas Sarkozy and Segolene Royal, on bowling pins made of chocolate, danced across his website.
Go here to read more about Patrick Roger on Spicelines. And for the dark (not chocolate) side of April 1 pranks, read “April Fool! The Purpose of Pranks” by Benedict Carey, in today’s New York Times, Science Times, pp. D1 and D5.