Blogging and the Three Chocolatiers
No, I promise that I haven’t forgotten the blog. In fact, quite the contrary, as I have been working on it more than ever. Unfortunately, however, the two topics on which I have been working have required so much research that the blog has seemed to be stuck in [...]
“where do you want to eat?”
whenever you ask francesca that, without thinking or blinking, she would say “isobune”Tags: blinking, francesca, isobune, say, thinking
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My Love Affair with Chocolate & Mint
For those who don’t know, today is National Chocolate MintDay. To me, potable and mint is a natural pairing – asclassic as chocolate and peanut butter! My love affair withchocolate and mint began at an early age when I got my startselling Thin Mint cookies as a Girl Scout [...]
How We Make Our Maple Toffee
The other day, I was lucky enough to catch them making the mapletoffee used in ourChocolates of Vermont Maple Crunch. Made with Vermont maplesyrup and fresh butter, its one of our top chocolates and alsoranks high on my list but Id never seen it being made. It was greatto watch [...]
Vosges Mo’s Bacon Chocolate Bar
Bacon and Chocolate. To explore the latest Vosges entry, Mo’s Bacon Bar, my mind drifts, my soul swells, nostalgia and the unrequited passions of my youth swim in the deep glittery motes of my doe-like eyes. “Love, sweet love.” These most beautiful words, the plaintiff yet serene voice, [...]
Chocolate and Salt Class with Michael Recchiuti and Mark Bitterman
Doing an event with Michael Recchiuti is a little like surfing on the back of a dolphin. Constant movement, sort of an ongoing momentum toward an unknown something or other, and a near constant rush. Though “dolphin” isn’t very Recchiuti like. There is nothing particularly aquatic [...]
LCC’s Chocolate Version of the Gingerbread House
We hosted a chocolate sculpting demo this past weekend and thefeature was how to make a gingerbread family line out of chocolate.And as expected, resident artist and chocolate sculptor EmilyWalton Jones continued to amaze and impress attendees with herability to make amazing things out of chocolate. At her demos, [...]
All Candy Expo: Inventory
I’ve been doing some family stuff, but as time allowed I wasworking on taking pictures of everything and getting a post built.This is sort of a visual inventory of what came home from the AllCandy Expo with me. It is missing a couple of items, but has prettygood coverage. Note that there [...]
Who is an Administrative Professional anyway?
He answers the phone unwaveringly every day with a smile on hisface and in his voice.
She knows who to call when the AC is blaring in December, or theheat is on in July.
He sends the annoying salesperson who has called three timesthat week straight into your voicemail.
She double checks your [...]
Outrageous cookies al chocolate (receta de Martha Stewart)
A todo el mundo le gustan estos deliciosos cookies!
Ingredientes:
220 g de chocolate negro de pastelTags: chocolate, cookies, deliciosos, estos, gustan, ingredientes, martha, mundo, negro, outrageous, pastel, receta, stewart, todo
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