The 1980s Dessert ‘Death by Chocolate’ by Chef Marcel Desaulniers
The layered cake known as Death by Chocolate debuted as a special in 1982 at the Trellis, a polished American restaurant in Williamsburg, Va., and built a cult following long before a dessert could find instant fame on social media. It’s worth noting that those were pretty weird times for chocolate. Its pleasure was distorted,…