2 pounds ground chuck;  1/2 teaspoon salt;  1/2 teaspoon pepper;  1/4 cup heavy cream;  2 teaspoons vegetable oil;  2 tablespoons shallots, minced;  1 1/2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms;  1/4 cup Jack Daniel\'s Whiskey;  1/2 cup heavy cream;  1 large tomato, chopped;  2 tablespoons minced parsley;  1/...

When Max Brenner began working in a tiny chocolate store in Israel he had no idea his world of chocolate would grow into the chocolate emporium it has become today. As customers came into the small workshop where he sold his first confections, he would offer them tastes of the huge chocolate slabs and of the melted chocolate right out of his mixing bowl. He listened as they told their personal chocolate stories. Max soon realized people have a connection to chocolate that goes fa...