When I was invited to appear on a “Women in Chocolate” panel at the Commonwealth Club of California, I nearly shat my pants.  I’ve heard Commonwealth broadcasts a few times on npr, and I know the panelists are usually big names in their fields (ex-presidents, Nobel laureates, billionaire CEOs).  To say I fit right into that group would require sarcasm of a magnitude that would make my head implode. 

I figured my best defense is preparation, so right away I youtubed Commonwealth presentations, to at least see the type of tone these things usually take.  It didn’t take long to find this post, in which Fred Kaufman addresses the club about a well accepted concept called “gastroporn”:

Basically he’s saying that the Food Network is a front for food pornography, and everyone in production is shamelessly aware of that.  I can’t tell you the relief I felt after watching this clip.  These Commonwealth folks can take a joke!  Maybe not the dirtiest of jokes (I am the creator of the “Andy Samberg Special” chocolate after all–see pic below), but I wouldn’t expect that of them anyway. 

I probably won’t mention my own brand of gastroporn during my presentation, because there are plenty of other things to talk about.  Still, it sure takes a load off knowing that the Commonwealth is open to the idea.

"Andy Samberg Special"

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