Founder & Chocolatier
As a certified chocolatier, I design and create artisanal chocolates that pair perfectly with wines and spirits. I also host guided chocolate and wine tastings in your home or office, and at special events and wine bars. And I share my explorations in chocolate on my blog here....
Monthly Archives: April 2011
Stranded on a Desert Island: What Chocolate Would You Choose?
If you were stranded on a desert island with only one style of chocolate, what chocolate would you choose? That’s the question that Mort Rosenblum, author of Chocolate: A Bittersweet Saga of Dark and Light asks himself. So, after having … Continue reading
Chocolate Salon SF 2011: Love, Wine & Chocolate
With so many delicious chocolates and wines to choose from at Chocolate Salon SF 2011, I needed to find a unifying theme that would bring them together in perfect harmony. Nothing does that better than love (and especially the single … Continue reading
Food of the Gods and Mere Mortals
“Chocolate is the closest thing we mortals have to ambrosia….” This delectable little phrase from the dust jacket of Maricel Presilla’s book, The New Taste of Chocolate Revised: A Cultural and Natural History of Cacao with Recipes not only captures the … Continue reading
La pura vida con chocolate 2: Secret Joy
Chocolate is an opening to heartfelt desires and to deeper conversation. I knew this intuitively and now I know it through experience–whenever I mention that I am a chocolatier, people’s eyes open up just a little bit wider, they smile with … Continue reading
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La pura vida con chocolate 1–Exploration
La pura vida, Costa Rica’s beautiful saying for “the pure life,” is that much more pure with (con) chocolate…. In the first of my chocolate explorations in Costa Rica, which were part vacation, part research, I looked for any and … Continue reading
