Candy Bar

So, I’m having no luck finding single-bean dark chocolate here in Amman, Jordan. I have found some other interesting chocolate in the meantime, though. Below is a bar we found in a shop down the street from our apartment. I love seeing how the English language is represented here, especially in official signs and food [...]

Chocolate in Cairo, Egypt

I knew when we went abroad to the Middle East it would likely be more difficult to find single-bean dark chocolate bars. I thought I’d still take a chocolate adventure or two while here, though. I was elated to find a beautiful chocolatier in Cairo. When we entered the shop, it was actually warmer than [...]

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.

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 [...]

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.

Theo Chocolate

My Seattle bff sent these delights for my bday. Theo is Seattle chocolate and it is fantastic. The presentation was absolutely stellar; see for yourself. The pure d. chocolate bars had wonderfully cozy tones. The particularly interesting bar was the Fig Fennel and Almond–a wonderful picnic of flavors. Thanks, girl! You are the best!

Cholive

I was honored to receive a sampler package from the Cholive Company. As always, chocolates in the mail are among my favorite things. The package arrived with stir sticks and an adorable magnetic case to store these edible treasures. Cocktail chocolates? Very charming and decadent. As soon as I opened the gorgeous package with frilly [...]

Patric

I love getting chocolate in the mail. I received these two bars with a note from the makers of Patric micro-batch chocolate. The 67% really is in my all-time top three–Amano Madagascar, Cluizel Maralumi, and Patric Sambirano 67%. I include these three in every one of the chocolate tastings I host and they are consistently [...]

Amano Chocolate Tour

I was delighted to take a tour of Amano Chocolate on Halloween. Art Pollard was extremely gracious in allowing us see to how his award-winning chocolate is made. His facility was certainly impressive and had the air of a classic European operation. We saw his beautiful new labels and Jembrana bar (with beans from Bali) [...]

Beschle Chocolatier Suisse

This post is long overdue…postponed by our recent/temporary move out West.
Over the summer, someone contacted me from a chocolatier in Switzerland–Beschle Chocolatier Suisse. He introduced me to his line of chocolates and offered to send me a sampling of their offerings. I was not sure what to expect, but was delighted to receive a magnificent [...]