12-21-24 National Perspective (Dave Shribman's column) - chocolate maker

Jeremy Monsel creates one of his chocolate sculptures. (COURTESY PHOTO)

BOUCHERVILLE, Quebec — Macaroons. Chocolate eggs. Candy polar bears, lambs, owls and bunnies. A 3-foot-tall figure from "Lord of the Rings," constructed all in chocolate.

Let's talk about those confections and Jeremy Monsel's stunning artistry in chocolate, not Donald Trump and his Cabinet appointments. It's not what you expect to read about in a nationally syndicated column that usually treats matters that are not, well, treats.

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