Shangri La?is a tea company that makes?tea-flavored chocolate, of which I got free samples to review. I covered?the Earl Grey and Masala Chai on Tuesday, and today, I’m reviewing the remaining two bars: Chamomile Mint and Black Currant. Chamomile Mint had the same 38% milk chocolate base as the Earl Grey and Masala Chai. Its…
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Chocolate Exhibit at Drexel University
Via my friend Knile,?a new exhibit about chocolate is opening at Drexel University, to run from October 11 to January 24th, 2015. If you go opening weekend, there will be chocolate foods and crafts available! I have no idea what a chocolate craft is…
Shangri La Tea Chocolate – Milk Chocolate Earl Grey and Masala Chai
Shangri La is a tea company that’s now making inroads into tea-flavored chocolate. They sent me free samples of their line-up to review. I’ll cover the Earl Grey and Masala Chai?today, and the Black Currant and Chamomile Mint on Thursday. Both the Early Grey and Masala Chai?were made with a 38% cacao milk chocolate base….
Churchill’s Carousel Giveaway
Last Wednesday, I reviewed a charming tin carousel full of toffees and fudge from Churchill’s Confectionery. They’re letting me give away a free carousel to one of you! Enter via the Rafflecopter below! Good luck! a Rafflecopter giveaway
What’s in a chocolate’s name?
As a psychologist, I’d?long known that people can easily determine which of the below two shapes is named?Bouba and which is named Kiki. Kiki sounds hard, so people associate it with the sharp shape, while Bouba sounds round and goes with the round shape. I learned more recently from reading?Slate’s excerpt from a book about…
REVIEW: Churchill’s Confectionery Carousel
Churchill’s Confectionery is family-run, London-based company that is now making inroads in the U.S. via shops like Williams Sonoma and Bloomingdale’s. They recently sent me a free sample of their Carousel tin filled with toffee and vanilla fudge. The tin itself was beautiful: a round cylinder with a tented top and embossed with colourful (see…
Olive & Sinclair Whisky
I mentioned yesterday that I visited Olive & Sinclair, a Nashville bean-to-bar chocolate maker, while I was in town for a wedding. There were?some chocolate truffles filled with a boozy caramel for sale – if I remember correctly, they were called Whisky Musket Balls? At any rate, I bought one to try. It was pricey…
Olive & Sinclair
Part of my recent travels included a weekend in Nashville for a wedding. My awesome friend Kevin took me to Olive & Sinclair, a local?bean-to-bar chocolate maker in Nashville. It was a fun visit. They’ve got free samples of everything lying around, so of course I tried it all. I also bought a box of…
Pee candy from Hollywood
I’ve been traveling quite a bit recently, so I’ve been too busy to write new reviews. Hopefully I’ll be able to play some catch-up this weekend, as I’ve got some new free samples that just rolled in. In the meantime, I’ve got some photos from my travels to share. I found this pee candy (“Urine…
Bon Appétit foreign candy slideshow
Bon App?tit has a slideshow of “19?foreign candies to buy while traveling”. For some reason,?they’ve got Japanese Kit Kats in the slideshow header but not in the actual slideshow, which is a shame because Japanese Kit Kats are awesome. Which reminds me, I’ve got some cheesecake flavored ones stashed away from this past March. I…