Entries from April 2009

April 22, 2009

Valrhona Revival

I was so glad that we sampled the new Valrhona bars at our recent intermediate chocolate course. I kind of signed Valrhona off a bit ago until tasting their newly designed bars. They are magnificent and have stepped up their game on all levels: complexity, roast, even presentation.

April 16, 2009

Focused Tasting: Intermediate Fine Chocolate

My friend Laura and I had the opportunity to attend an intermediate fine chocolate class at Tony Caputo’s in SLC. We missed the intro class but were allowed to “test” into the intermediate one after a small briefing. I truly enjoyed myself, which makes it that much more disappointing that I won’t be able to [...]

April 9, 2009

Pasta Guys

During my recent trip to Seattle, Robs and I went to the fish market. Among the many treats we found, dark chocolate linguine was right up my alley. This vendor was pretty awesome and welcomed sampling.

You can read more about this shop on Yelp too.