On Monday, I covered the Angell Crisp bar. Today, I’ll review its darker (but still fair trade and organic) counterpart, the Dark Angell. It?was comprised of “dark chocolate, rich cocoa, and [an]…
Month: September 2011
Chocablog at the Chocolate Fair
The folks at Chocablog had the privilege of attending the Speciality Chocolate Fair, which was part of the Speciality and Fine Food Fair in London. They have a great write-up here, complete…
Angell Crisp
I found this Angell Crisp bar in a food co-op in NYC. On Wednesday, I’ll review the Dark Angel version. The Angell Crisp wrapper promised, “milk chocolate; crispy creamy chocolate center”, all…
Torku Nugamel
I believe I received this Torku Nugamel as a free sample from the NCA (my post-move pared down candy stash is still ridiculously large. I have not done my best in tracking…
Literary Candy Snobs
Via my friend Neil comes this fun list from McSweeney’s called, “The Candy Encyclopedia of American Literature”. It reimagines classic candy names as classic American novels or poetry. Just to give you…
Whisper Bonbon: A Discount Milk Chocolat
I found this Whisper bonbon at the local Dollar store. I was in there on a failed expedition for clothes hangers (still working on setting up the new place!). It was labeled…
Caramel apple noms
Yesterday was Labor Day, marking the unofficial end of summer. Now that it’s fall, can we make caramel apples? Serious Eats is ready with an easy recipe. I think I need to…
Phew
If you tried to access my home page over the weekend, you may have noticed that my website was compromised. I believe they cracked my login password. Thankfully it was a fairly…
Enjoy Labor Day
Hi Readers! Today is Labor Day, a holiday in the U.S. that marks the end of summer, though it used to mark the power of labor unions. Duke still has classes, so…
Haribo Nappar Fruit [Review + Meaning!]
I received these Haribo Nappar Fruit as a gift from a friend who got them from Europe. Instead of one big bag, I got several tiny bags that reminded me of fruit…
Chocolate Fountains – Yay or Nay?
Via the Kitchn comes news that Bon Appetit believes that chocolate fountains should be banned from weddings. At first I was outraged, but then I thought that they had a point. After…