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Elizabeth Faulkner updates the chocolate sundae with chocolate gelato, chocolate cake, chocolate sauce and marshmallow creme. Photo by Phillip Angert | Scharffen Berger. We love chocolate. Who doesn’t? But after many years of tasting both the very finest and the most mediocre chocolates, we have to admit we don’t find chocolate quite as exciting…
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It’s National Chocolate Milk Day. We spent two days last week at a trade show that focused on natural and healthy products. Among the many aloe and coconut water brands, we tried alternative types of chocolate milk: almond milk (Almond Breeze), soy milk (Silk), rice milk (Rice Dream), hemp milk (Living Harvest), coconut milk (So…
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Here’s how to celebrate a chocolate lover’s special occasion: Send a box of cakes. Burnt caramel-filled chocolates decorated with cakes, that is. For years, San Francisco chocolatier Michael Recchiuti has featured the work of local artists on his acclaimed chocolate-covered burnt caramels (the caramel has a smokier flavor than conventional gourmet caramels). This special edition…
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December 16th is National Chocolate-Covered Anything Day. Here’s a treat few people can resist: chocolate-drizzled (or chocolate-covered, if you prefer) popcorn. Some popcorn companies won’t ship it until October, when the weather cools down. But that’s O.K., because it’s easy to make this chocolate popcorn recipe, using a base of home-popped or store-bought popcorn, in…
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Chocolate panini: breakfast, snack or dessert. Photo courtesy Vosges Haut Chocoalt. Our favorite breakfast bread is pain au chocolat. Literally “chocolate bread,” pain au chocolat is an oblong breakfast roll made of the same light, flaky, yeast-leavened laminated pastry dough as a croissant,* and filled with pieces of dark chocolate; *Pain au chocolat is…
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