Free online class: Bean-to-Bar at home
March 17, 2016Calling all Mad Scientists, Cocoa Nuts and Do-It-Yourselfers.
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Learn to make truffles with Poco Dolce
June 26, 2013Founder Kathy Wiley and Production Manager Juan Carlos of Poco Dolce give a neat presentation of how to make tea-infused truffles. They make it look easy; and in the video, Kathy suggests other flavors to try, such as chili & cinnamon, which she says are the original spices used when chocolate was first consumed in the Americas. If you feel …
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On a calorie & okane, d’argent (money) budget?
July 30, 2012Make your own truffles as a way to watch your budget and your waistline.
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SFBA chocolate lifestyle
January 5, 2012French Women Don’t Get Fat (from eating chocolate.)
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Everything’s better dipped in chocolate
November 30, 2010Try your hand at making chocolate treats for the holidays or any day.
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Chocolate Bread by Thorough Bread
April 23, 2010Bread & chocolate for the truly ambitious DIY-er.
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Seriously chocolate torte
February 17, 2010Ingredients in the refrigerator, almonds, dates, and dried cranberries needed to be used. Deborah Madison’s Date, Dried Cherry, and Chocolate Nut Torte recipe was the nearly perfect fit. What a great chocolate hit! And a great help to my little over-crowded refrigerator. I used Scharffen Berger 70% chocolate and since the goal was to use ingredients I had, I used …
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Abusing the term chocolatier
February 16, 2010What does it take these days to be a chocolatier?
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It’s not just us who considers chocolate a staple
January 21, 2010I got some good chocolate news in my morning paper: a review of a new cookbook and a recipe. In Cook this, not that by Natalie Haughton, Los Angeles Daily News, a review of “Cook This, Not That! Kitchen Survival Guide,” by David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding, Natalie lists the five pantry basics recommended in the book: dark chocolate (at …
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Drink to your health
December 9, 2009A chocolate bar worth drinking.
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