Category Archives: Outside the Bay Area

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Chocolate at your fingertips

Posted on February 9, 2012 by chocolatte

According to SF Gate, there’s now an app that means you’ll never have to miss a chocolate buying/trying opportunity again. Pam Williams, founder of Ecole Chocolat, an online professional chocolate-making school, has created the Find Chocolate! App, which does exactly … Continue reading →

 

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Beneficial weed grows in SF

Posted on February 8, 2012 by chocolatte

Local “start-up upstart” Dandelion Chocolate gave a presentation on the making of chocolate from bean to bar combined with a tasting, Jan. 31, 2012, at 18 Reasons in the Mission District. The always interesting presentation was loaded with personal tales … Continue reading →

 

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Artistic chocolates

Posted on January 9, 2012 by chocolatte

On our annual East Coast trip, Ronnie & I managed to squeeze in a stop to one artisan chocolatier in the DC area, Artisan Confections of Arlington, VA. Walking into its surround smell of chocolate told us even before we … Continue reading →

 

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Chocolate vacations

Posted on October 13, 2011 by chocolatte

If you’re looking for novel ways to experience global chocolate, CNN.Go has a list of 10 adventures for chocoholics in celebration of Britain’s Chocolate Week 2011. The 1st suggestion sounds interesting: Taking chocolate from tree to bar at a chocolate … Continue reading →

 

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Back to the farm

Posted on October 11, 2011 by chocolatte

If you thought bacon-flavored chocolate was the epitome of farm-to-table chocolate wackiness, are you ready for hay-flavored chocolate? According to the Daily Mail Online, London chocolatiers Sir Hans Sloane have created the world’s first collection of hay-flavored chocolates. The milk … Continue reading →

 

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A good business for the long term

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Chocolate By The Bay

According to Minyanville.com, Baker’s Chocolate is the second oldest publicly traded companies in the U.S. Established in 1765, Baker’s is still around today, although it is part of the Kraft Food conglomerate. And as if to prove the maxim about … Continue reading →

 

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The ’Burgh Report

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Chocolate By The Bay

Looking for the dark side of a happily milk chocolate town. Continue reading →

 

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The bee’s knees

Posted on June 28, 2011 by chocolatte

I’d like to buzz around with these chocolates. Continue reading →

 

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Choco-NOLA

Posted on May 5, 2011 by chocolatte

If you’re looking for artisan chocolates in New Orleans, get out of the French Quarter and head to Magazine St. Continue reading →

 

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A room with a view

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Chocolate By The Bay

Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld and French chocolatier Patrick Roger have created a hotel room made entirely of chocolate; although I am not sure how many hotel rooms come complete with a guy in his underwear holding a chocolate bar.

 

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