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James Cary

Oaxaca 2 Replies

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The Fine Art of Chocolate ... Criticism 22 Replies

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Health Benefits of Chocolate 7 Replies

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Spicy dark chocolate bars? 4 Replies

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Making Chocolate covered Macadamia nuts. 6 Replies

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Brands of and Sources for Organic Couverture 31 Replies

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Chocolates of Ecuador -- Arriba, Nacional, CCN51 15 Replies

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Gretchen Tartakoff

proud to be a Muse

I was feeling like maybe I needed to go to the Nerd Zone to chat because I'm creating an exhibit "The Journey of The Pod" and immersed in books about the history of chocolate, people who made history in chocolate and environmental concerns about cacoa. Maybe I'd fit in. I want to have fun with all this information I have swimming around in my head so I can keep learning new things and share with other Nerd, Starting, Swapping, Brewing people. O.K. I got overwhelmed with the choices. I realized t… Continue

Posted by Gretchen Tartakoff on January 5, 2009 at 8:00pm — 1 Comment

Gwen Borders

"Creativity Killed the Cat" or "Heil to the Chocolate Nazis"

Pachamama ... geez, I wish they would have the courtesy to not publish drawings of me like this!

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Posted by Gwen Borders on January 5, 2009 at 6:00pm

Gwen Borders

Lest we Forget

Happy New Year to all as we ponder what 2009 will bring to our choco-planet. A discussion of Jellies in this forum has led me to yet another whimsical reverie of childhood sweets. One of the most intoxicating and mouth-watering sweets I enjoyed as a child was Turkish Paste. Every C… Continue

Posted by Gwen Borders on January 1, 2009 at 12:30pm — 2 Comments

Dawn Olson

New website for my company, Pure Chocolate

Hi there and happy holidays everyone! I am e… Continue

Posted by Dawn Olson on December 23, 2008 at 6:04pm — 3 Comments

Susie Norris

HOLIDAY DISCOVERIES

This rainy December day marks the end of my first year back in the chocolate production business after a few years off teaching baking & writing. Some things have changed! Many, many more artisans going bean to bar. I don't work bean to bar myself - I'm all about confections - but I've sampled some very delicious products from companies like AMANO in Utah. More chocolate shows. More health news, more "spin", more single origins and high percentages, more daring flavor combinations and certai… Continue

Posted by Susie Norris on December 17, 2008 at 8:45pm — 2 Comments

Andy Ciordia

The Beginning of Our Chocolate Travels

To enrich this community I've been asked to bring over some of the content we've published on our chocolatier "diary". To give a bit more about who we are what a better place to begin than the beginning. We're having a lot of fun in the Charlotte, NC area and we hope this inspires you to either participate more locally, or try your own thing. :)
Where do we begin on this epic tale of homemade chocolate insanity. Do we start at the very begin… Continue

Posted by Andy Ciordia on December 17, 2008 at 10:27am

jean-francois Bonnet

Tumbador chocolate website.

I wanted to introduce our company to all of you via this little blog spot. we've been in the wholesale for 3 years now, we decided early this fall tho launch a retail cart and it is now live on our website at www.tumbadorchocolate.com . Please fell free to give me any type of feedback, it is always appreciated, thank you,

Posted by jean-francois Bonnet on December 17, 2008 at 8:24am — 2 Comments

Madame Cocoa

TCHO Beta Bar Tasting (or, 3 smiles and a frown)

Happy to have received my "sample box" from SF corporate offices of TCHO this week, I could not WAIT to do an early morning tasting. I broker our new gift collections, just released this month, and it was like an early Christmas for me -- opening the express-delivered box and pulling out all the little brown paper squares and the slick-packaged new formulations. What JOY!! OH, and the smell of chocolate from a freshly opened shipping box!! Dreamy. But on with it..there's tasting to be done. Fo… Continue

Posted by Madame Cocoa on December 6, 2008 at 11:27pm — 1 Comment

Gretchen Tartakoff

Is red cocoa the latest trend? Is it as precious as chocolate diamonds?

I've been looking for the actual difference in flavor in red cocoa by looking at how it's processed. I'm not sure if there is one or if it's just dark cocoa that has the red hue? Do you have any favorites that I could try out and see that it is different?

Posted by Gretchen Tartakoff on December 5, 2008 at 5:27am — 3 Comments

Georgina Joey Ledlie

shelf life

hello. When a ganash is made using fresh cream for a chocolate truffel, what would be the shelf life please ? Once the chocolate is made, how long will it last ? Thank you in advance, Joey

Posted by Georgina Joey Ledlie on December 3, 2008 at 1:29am — 4 Comments

 
 

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