Rob Walker of the NY Times Magazine’s Consumed column muses about premium chocolate in our current economy. Unlike the WSJ piece that I previously posted about, Walker concludes that luxury chocolate isn’t…
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Frey Hot Chilli Pepper
Hot on the heels of Wednesday’s chili chocolate post (har har) is today’s review of more chili chocolate: Frey’s Hot Chilli Pepper bar. When I reviewed Frey’s Tiramisu bar, I mentioned that…
See’s Assorted Chocolates Week 
Today marks the conclusion of Rosa eats her way through an entire box of See’s on her own because it’s delicious and free. I began my journey on Monday, continued on Wednesday,…
NYC is full of wonderful candy
To my NYC readers, I’ll be in the city this Sunday afternoon and evening. One of my friends wants to visit the Met. I want to hit up Economy Candy and possibly…
Chow’s 2008 Holiday Gift Guide
Chow’s 2008 Holiday Gift Guide is up. Vosges made the list once again with a $111 exotic truffles and champagne set. And if that’s out of your price range, never fear. In…
Chow’s Summer Gift Guide
Chow’s Summer Gift Guide 2008 has been posted. While there are no actual candy items, Vosges (which I’ve reviewed quite a bit) has a product that made it on the list: their…
Calhoun College Chocolate Tasting Notes,
After the success of my first chocolate tasting (notes here), I held a second one with the extra bars. Unfortunately, by the time the second tasting rolled around, most of the bars…
Happy Earth Day!
Because today is Earth Day, I am reposting bits from an old post from Blog Action Day and listing some earth-friendly brands that I’ve the pleasure of trying: Endangered Species donates a…
Greek Chocolate
Greek chocolate gets a little blurb in the Times Dining section this week. I’ve had white chocolate with olive bits at Vosges before and didn’t much care for it, but the halvah…
Calhoun College Chocolate Tasting Notes
My tasting notes, as promised. I loved how I was able to notice the subtle differences between the bars by tasting them all together. For example, when I first tasted the Scharffen…
How to throw a chocolate tasting party
Here are some resources that I found to be helpful for hosting a chocolate tasting: All Chocolates Tasting Basics Selecting Chocolates Flavor Notes The Chocolate Review – if you register, they have…
Calhoun College Chocolate Tasting
Last Wednesday was further proof that my residential college, Calhoun, is the best residential college. After the success of my personal chocolate party, I asked my residential college Master if we could…