Chocolate with pink peppercorns. Chocolate infused with chili powder. Chocolate from Spain, Belgium, even Chicago’s Vosges Chocolate. If you love the brown stuff — and I do — a visit to Chocolate Covered in San Francisco’s hip Noe Valley is well worth the trip. It features shelves of uber exotic chocolates, including those with 100%…
Each November, the Marriott Marquis Hotel at New York’s Times Square hosts the 8th Annual Chocolate Show. Last year, it included a Fashion Show where 22 pastry chefs and chocolatiers created unique, delicious and wearable fashions for models in a benefit bash. Some of the taste-tempting treats included Chocolate Passion Ravioli with Ricotta Souffle Fritter,…
How’s this for an innovative Valentine’s Day present for your loved one? The Chicago-based store, Vosges Haut-Chocolat, is offering a boxed gift with Champagne, Roses and Chocolate — all in one box — at its many venues from Honolulu to London. Its Web site says, “Inspired by the decadence of the Roaring 20’s, our special…
Ami Kealoha with CoolHunting writes about Fran’s Chocolates: I’m a fan of all things that mix sweet and salty, so when I first tasted the rising confectionary trend combining chocolate, sea salt, and caramel, I was hooked. Fran’s Chocolates, a company based out of Seattle, just kicked it up a notch with their introduction of…
Cool Hunting has a very interesting post today about Joan Coukos, a former banker who, stumbled upon antique chocolate molds in a Belgian flea market and, well, the rest is history. She’s given up banking and is now a full-time chocolatier based in Manhattan, and she is turning out some wickedly fulfilling treats. The ingredients…