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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

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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

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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

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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

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