HALLOWEEN: Chocolate Covered Orange Peel

For a sophisticated Halloween treat, consider dark chocolate covered orange peels from Lake Champlain Chocolates of Vermont. Chocolate-covered orange peel is one of our favorite chocolate treats. You bite into the refreshing taste of citrus, covered in rich dark chocolate. Fresh Valencia orange peels are sliced and candied before they are dipped into the chocolate,…
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PRODUCT: Oregano Indio From Mexico

If you’ve traveled to Mexico and enjoyed the cuisine, you can find most of the ingredients you need to recreate the recipes back home. But there’s often a certain something that’s missing. Steve Sando, proprietor of Rancho Gordo specialty foods, believes it’s the different oreganos of Mexico. “Each one seems a little different,” says Steve,…
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White Chocolate Is REAL Chocolate (And Candy Melts Aren’t)

[1] Get to know the world’s best white chocolate bars. Here’s our list. From the top of the stack here: Vosges d’Oliva (with bits of olive), Green & Black’s, El Rey, Café Tasse Café (with ground coffee beans) and Chocovic white chocolate bars (photo © The Nibble). [2] Green & Black’s from the U.K., one…
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