Klondike, the Candy – Mint Chocolate Chip
Rosa On Monday, I reviewed the new Klondike Caramel candy. Today, I’ll cover the other flavor that it comes in, Mint Chocolate Chip. Both flavors were free samples that I talked…
July 2013
Nobel Prize + Chocolate Consumption Case Studies
Remember last year when someone discovered that a nation’s chocolate consumption correlated with Nobel Prize winning? Nature, the scientific journal, has followed up with some tongue-in-cheek interviews of Nobel Prize…
Klondike, The Candy – Caramel
When I was a kid, I remember those “What would you do-oo-oo? For a Klondike Bar?” commercials being ubiquitous. Just typing that in has the jingle playing in a loop…
Blog hiatus update
By my count, I’ve been in 12 different airports in the last 23 days. Phew! Now that I’m finally back in my half-unpacked apartment, I’m feeling optimistic about returning to…
Videri Chocolates – on my to do list
Serious Eats just alerted me to a bean to bar chocolate maker, Videri Chocolates, that’s right in my backyard! Well, more like a thirty-minute drive away. But still! So close!…
Marzipan art in Berlin
Here’s a cute little slideshow from Serious Eats showing how marzipan is shaped by hand in a little shop in Berlin. From the headline, I was expecting marzipan fruits (I…
David Lebovitz visits Swedish caramel shop
I love a good caramel, but I’ve always been too scared to try making them myself. David Lebovitz recently visited P?rlans Konfektyr,?an artisanal caramel shop in Stockholm, and watched them…
Chewing Gum App
Via AdFreak, news of a clever new game/app from Stride Gum: it uses iOS devices’ front cameras to detect chewing motions of your mouth, and it uses that to control…
Moonstruck Animal Truffles a la Serious Eats
Moonstruck Chocolates makes pretty good chocolates (see past reviews here) that are, unfortunately, also pretty pricey. I’ve long coveted their adorable little animal-shaped truffles, but I always found them too…
Serious Eats and Ferrara Pan
When I think of big candy companies, I usually don’t think of Ferrara Pan. I think it’s because they don’t spend much on advertising in the same way that Hershey’s…
Busy busy busy in another country
Remember how last week I said I was too busy to write reviews because I just moved to a new apartment? This week I’m in China! Just to visit –…