Cacao’s Meow Artisan Chocolate
November 23, 2021Flavored single-origin bean-to-bar maker
Posted in Listed chocolate maker, Local chocolate, North Bay
Good ‘n messy
November 8, 2020Some of these entries required gloves
Posted in Featured, Front page, Listed chocolatier, Local chocolate, San Francisco chocolate
Something to chew on
July 17, 2020Lots of surprises this year
Posted in East Bay chocolate, Featured, Front page, Listed chocolatier, Local chocolate, North Bay, Review
Kids’ meal
July 1, 2016We all looked like responsible adults, but we weren’t just having dessert with lunch; dessert was lunch.
Posted in American chocolate, East Bay chocolate, Featured, Front page, Local chocolate, Outside the Bay Area, Review
Breaking news at the Chocolate Salon
April 10, 2015Guaranteed I found out something about SFBA chocolate that you didn’t know.
Posted in Events, Featured, Local chocolate, Peninsula chocolate, San Francisco chocolate, South Bay chocolate
Central Coast Chocolate
August 28, 2012What I did on my summer vacation.
Posted in American chocolate, Outside the Bay Area, Review
Choco-NOLA
May 5, 2011If you’re looking for artisan chocolates in New Orleans, get out of the French Quarter and head to Magazine St.
Posted in American chocolate, Outside the Bay Area, Review, Update
Cranberries & chocolate
August 5, 2010On summer vacation this year, Cacaopod & I visited the local chocolatiers in Chatham, MA on Cape Cod. Chatham Candy Manor is kinda old-school, kinda current in their chocolate-making. Est. in 1955 in a vintage Cape Cod building on Main St., its glass cases are full of mostly traditional candies and chocolates. But they also score points as artisan chocolatiers: …
Posted in American chocolate, Chocolate around the World, Outside the Bay Area, Review
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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