Author Archives: chocolatte

About chocolatte

A writer/designer, Nancy lives in Oakland with Ronnie, her husband of many years & fellow chocolate enthusiast.

What I did on my vacation

Posted on November 17, 2018 by chocolatte

Our trip of a lifetime required chocolate. Lots of chocolate.

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Parisian wanderings

Posted on November 17, 2018 by chocolatte

In Paris, we switched from balancing life & work to balancing chocolate & walking

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Chocolat art et âme

Posted on November 17, 2018 by chocolatte

Paris is the art and soul of chocolate in my world

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Licking windows

Posted on November 17, 2018 by chocolatte

We made pilgrimage to the Mecca of chocolate

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Judging the best

Posted on November 13, 2018 by chocolatte

Hard to decide on best of the best when everyone’s at the top of their game

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Posted in American chocolate, East Bay chocolate, European chocolate, Featured, Front page, Local chocolatiers, Outside the Bay Area, Peninsula chocolate, San Francisco chocolate

 

Compact chocolate capitol

Posted on September 25, 2018 by chocolatte

If you think “Godiva” when you hear “Belgian chocolate,” it’s time for a field trip

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Carefully curated chocolate

Posted on September 21, 2018 by chocolatte

Looking for chocolate in Amsterdam, we found a windmill that ground cacao

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Berlin artisan chocolate

Posted on August 31, 2018 by chocolatte

Serious artisan chocolate with some silly peeking through

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A tale of two houses

Posted on August 12, 2018 by chocolatte

We started our Berlin visit with a trip to the biggest chocolate store in the world

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Hamburg report

Posted on August 10, 2018 by chocolatte

A re-purposed cacao warehouse with a little more

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