South Beach Wine & Food Festival

Cronut creator Dominique Ansel presented a new dish at the festival's Death by Chocolate dessert party: a chocolate “oyster” shell filled with milk chocolate cream, coconut gelée, and a pineapple “mignonette.” Ansel hosted the February 21 event poolside at the National Hotel in Miami.
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The Walrus Gala

Books and the printed page inspired the Walrus Gala in Toronto in January. The black-and-white color scheme carried over into decor elements such as festive cocktail straws.
Photo: Tom Sandler Photography