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....
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Wine or Spirits & Chocolate Pairing Events
April 27 Philo Ridge Vineyards Wine & Chocolate Tasting at the Boonville Hotel, Boonville CA
May 19 Anderson Valley Pinot Noir Celebration featuring our chocolates.
May 26 Taste of Chocolate, Wine & Ale in Mendocino featuring our chocolates.
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- Sammy's Beach Bar Rum-infused chocolate featured at Saylor's Restaurant Rockin' Rum Party in Sausalito tonight 5 months ago
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Galloping Gourmet or Chocolaj Chocolatier?
Galloping Gourmet? Hardly. That would have required an English accent (I only have a Canadian one); running and leaping over chairs (I was wearing heels so that was out of the question); and copious amounts of wine quaffed during my … Continue reading
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
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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Passion. Essence. Chocolate.
I have loved the finest dark chocolate for as long as I can remember. Every holiday season when I was growing up, I looked forward expectantly to the brown paper parcels that would arrive from Germany from my two Omas … Continue reading