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Product review – the Cambridge Chocolate Company

Product review – the Cambridge Chocolate Company

Chocolate from Cambridge The Cambridge Confectionery Company are a family business from Cambridgeshire known as Calico Cottage. Having been established since 1989 manufacturing in-store fudge-making systems, they branched out in 2012 to re-pack and bespoke label confectionery for the impulse and seasonal markets. Currently the range is offered through a number of retail partners; Tourist Attractions, Garden Centres and High Street Stores including, in London, Fortnum & Mason. We have tried a number of their chocolates and fudges and found them to be really…

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A recipe – chocolate figs (Calabria inspired)

A recipe – chocolate figs (Calabria inspired)

Dried figs as a healthy snack Figs.. nuts.. seeds.. what’s not to love? And they are healthy snacks, full of protein, good sugars, omega 3 and the likes. In fact, my good friend Natalie has recently published a fabulous book dedicated to the healthy benefits of the above ingredients called ‘The Goodness of Nuts & Seeds’ which I very much recommend. But nuts and seeds take a whole new meaning when you add (healthy!) dark chocolate to the mix or…

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Doisy & Dam chocolates review

Doisy & Dam chocolates review

Chocolate… who can resist? Well I guess I can’t and I am sure there are people somewhere in the world who do not like chocolate… but for me, give me dark chocolate and I am happy. I seldom eat milk chocolate in fact, and never have been a fan; I do like white chocolate but in truth I do not actually consider it chocolate as such and it’s way too sweet and full of calories. So dark, proper, authentic and…

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A recipe – Chocolate & tonka beans kokosh

A recipe – Chocolate & tonka beans kokosh

Traditions and trend… babka? Last year babka was all the rage, and it seems, still is. From the classic chocolate version to some more traditional like cinnamon, to creative variations such as matcha, social media was full of babka images and recipes. I tried cinnamon babka in New York last year from Russ & Daughters, which was very good, then I tried rugelach (a similar bake) at a famous bakery and hated it (was about 80% butter). A week or…

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A recipe – Bocconotti from Abruzzo

A recipe – Bocconotti from Abruzzo

Regional flavours Many moons ago, when I used to ski with school friends on the slopes of Abruzzo, I use to love stopping in cafes and enjoy a hot chocolate with one of the local chocolate cakes called bocconotti. Since this year we will unusually not spend Christmas in the region, and will not be skiing and eating those delicacies, I was feeling a little ‘homesick’ and decided to give them a try. In fact, even on Danilo Cortellini’s recently published…

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