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- Milk Chocolate Bars
Not too long ago I was a bittersweet chocolate snob. I would only eat chocolate bars with a very high percentage of cacao, the higher the better. But I've discovered some milk chocolate recently that I really love. If you only eat high percentage...
- Resolution: Eat More Chocolate In 2006
Here it is January, month of resolutions, exercise and diets. Since Lee's doctor is already basically prescribing that he eat chocolate on a daily basis, let's take a closer look at a couple possibilities, for health purposes, of course. Unlike...
- Scharffen Berger Factory Tour
A few months ago I went to the Scharffen Berger chocolate factory for a visit to their shop and a tour. The shop has just about everything you can think of that you would need to make something chocolate-y. There are various kinds of chocolate, cocoa...
- According To My Calculations...
I was shopping for dishwashing liquid the last week and they didn't have the size and type I wanted, so my eye wandered over to some other brands. I noticed one that claimed to be environment-friendly, so I picked it up and took a look at it's...
- Real-deal Tortilla Soup For Souper Sundays
I am such a bad food blogger. I made this soup three weeks ago. I had every intention of posting! ...And then I didn't. Ah, well. No time like the...blah blah blah. I've become such a fan of Serious Eats over the last year. I think a third of...
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Scharffen Berger's Kisses?
Chocolate mega-corp Hershey has acquired Berkeley-based artisanal chocolatier Scharffen Berger. Here's the Chron's blurb. Both companies are saying all the things that companies normally say in this case: "Business as usual," "Access to greater resources." Blah, blah blah.
I'll remain optimistic, but large corporations always seem inclined to meddle in the affairs of the companies they acquire, often to the detriment of the swallowee. Maybe this time will be different. But congratulations to the founders of Scharffen Berger: They've worked hard over the last few years, and they deserve the reward that they no doubt get as part of the deal.
- Milk Chocolate Bars
Not too long ago I was a bittersweet chocolate snob. I would only eat chocolate bars with a very high percentage of cacao, the higher the better. But I've discovered some milk chocolate recently that I really love. If you only eat high percentage...
- Resolution: Eat More Chocolate In 2006
Here it is January, month of resolutions, exercise and diets. Since Lee's doctor is already basically prescribing that he eat chocolate on a daily basis, let's take a closer look at a couple possibilities, for health purposes, of course. Unlike...
- Scharffen Berger Factory Tour
A few months ago I went to the Scharffen Berger chocolate factory for a visit to their shop and a tour. The shop has just about everything you can think of that you would need to make something chocolate-y. There are various kinds of chocolate, cocoa...
- According To My Calculations...
I was shopping for dishwashing liquid the last week and they didn't have the size and type I wanted, so my eye wandered over to some other brands. I noticed one that claimed to be environment-friendly, so I picked it up and took a look at it's...
- Real-deal Tortilla Soup For Souper Sundays
I am such a bad food blogger. I made this soup three weeks ago. I had every intention of posting! ...And then I didn't. Ah, well. No time like the...blah blah blah. I've become such a fan of Serious Eats over the last year. I think a third of...