{"id":2807,"date":"2012-06-21T16:35:31","date_gmt":"2012-06-21T23:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/?p=2807"},"modified":"2022-10-20T18:05:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T01:05:11","slug":"crazy-good-chocolates-in-westfield-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/crazy-good-chocolates-in-westfield-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Crazy-good chocolates in Westfield Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE 2016: CocoaBella has closed.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE 2013: G\u00e2teau et Ganache has closed.<\/p>\n<p>As of mid-June 2012, <strong>G\u00e2teau et Ganache<\/strong> bonbons are available at CocoaBella\u2019s stores in the Westfield Shopping Center and Union St., SF. CocoaBella carries a variety of artisan chocolates from around the world, including a sampling of local favorites. G\u00e2teau et Ganache, an award-winning South Bay chocolatier, is the latest local addition.<\/p>\n<p>CocoaBella is carrying 5 G\u00e2teau et Ganache spirits-based bonbons: La Marguerite (<a title=\"2011 SF Chocolate Salon\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ourchocolatiers\/shock-awe-at-the-2011-sf-chocolate-salon\/\">lime &amp; tequila, which won gold at the 2011 SF Chocolate Salon<\/a>), Le Noix de Coco (coconut), La Vanille (vanilla &amp; rum), Vin et Epices (spiced red wine), and Le Whiskey (Irish whiskey). They are included in CocoaBella\u2019s new Best of the Bay Collection, which also includes chocolates from <strong><a title=\"Recchiuti Confections\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/recchiuti-confections\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Recchiutti<\/a><a title=\"Recommended\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/recommended\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1259\" title=\"cupicon\" src=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/cupicon2.png\" alt=\"4-cup chocolatier\" width=\"14\" height=\"16\" \/><\/a>, <a title=\"M-M good\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/michael-mischer\/\">Michael Mischer<\/a>, <a title=\"Poco Dolce\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/poco-dolce\/\">Poco Dolce <\/a><\/strong>and<strong><a title=\"Nuubia Chocolat\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/nuubia\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Nuubia Chocolat<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_792\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-792\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Gateau.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-792\" title=\"Gateau et Ganache\" src=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Gateau.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Gateau.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Gateau-292x300.jpg 292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anni Golding &amp; her \u201csmall indulgences.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Learn from a master<\/h2>\n<p>Anni Golding, G\u00e2teau et Ganache\u2019s owner &amp; master chocolatier, will speak at the Union St. CocoaBella, July 26, 6:30PM, about her approach to chocolate making. There will also be a tasting of her featured bonbons. Tickets for the event are available through Brown Paper Tickets.<\/p>\n<p>Anni, who studied in France, makes flavor-intense chocolates because, she said, \u201cI hate having to go back to the box to know what the flavor is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We tried her La Marguerite bonbon at the 2011 SF Chocolate Salon. It contained Tres Agaves Blanco tequila in the chocolate ganache and was topped with a dusting of lime zest and salt. The combo created a burst of lime nicely balanced with the chocolate.<\/p>\n<p>G\u00e2teau et Ganache bonbons are made with quality ingredients like organic local fruits and cream, and her flavors come from either infusions or purees. We CBTB chocolateers highly recommend G\u00e2teau et Ganache and are very happy that they are now more widely available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CocoaBella has closed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,49,41,131,488],"tags":[310,30,80,106,73,86],"class_list":["post-2807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-chocolate","category-chocolate-news","category-san-francisco-chocolate","category-south-bay-chocolate","category-update","tag-anni-golding","tag-artisan","tag-cocoa-bella","tag-gateau-ganache","tag-michael-mischer","tag-westfield-centre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2807"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35564,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2807\/revisions\/35564"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}