We have got some news for you: 35% Cacao Butter is The New 75% Chocolate. Some chocolate experts say white chocolate is not chocolate at all, just a confectionery aimed at kids. But that’s not true. Cacao fruit is the source of both cacao mass (you have probably learned to appreciate 75% of your bar
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Ika’s Confessions: 35 Answers to The Proust Questionnaire
Ika is as Francophile as they come – having been trained by leading chocolatiers in Paris for the most part of 2009-2010. This month she has agreed to follow another French tradition, by answering the Proust Questionnaire, AKA the Bernard Pivot questions, made very popular also by Actors Guild host James Lipton. Here is
Continue reading »Chocolate Love for Tu B’Av
Tu B’Av may ring as French to your ear, but it’s actually in Hebrew: It’s a Jewish mini-holiday similar to Valentine’s Day. In 2018 it will begin in the evening of Thursday, 26 July, to be celebrated for 24 hours. Get into the Tu B’Av spirit: Shimmy in white & have some chocolate. Tu B’Av
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