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Guittard chocolate 150th anniversary celebration

Guittard chocolate 150th anniversary celebration

Last year we had had the pleasure of ‘meeting’ San Francisco based chocolate producer Guittard at pre Christmas event in Shoreditch (we’ve written about it here). They are one of the few remaining family run chocolate producers in the US, and have a long history: in the mid 1800s, Etienne Guittard ventured from Tournus, France to the Barbary Coast in hopes of striking it rich during the California Gold Rush. He brought delicious chocolate from his uncle’s factory to trade…

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A recipe – Salame di Cioccolato festive edition

A recipe – Salame di Cioccolato festive edition

An italian classic For those of us who grew up in Italy ‘salame di cioccolato’ (chocolate salame, of course) brings back memories of school parties and messy, chocolatey fingers.  Made with cocoa, butter and plain biscuits as well as a good dose of rum, the salame is a no bake, easy to make crowd pleaser for sure.  I had not made one in a long time, but since I had been invited to a friend’s birthday party, I decided to…

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Chocolate Ecstasy Tours – Mayfair

Chocolate Ecstasy Tours – Mayfair

Chocolate and sightseeing For a while I had been meaning to check out Chocolate Ecstasy Tours, run by my friend and chocolate connoisseur Jennifer Earle. She’s been running them for years now and has established herself as one of the UK’s top experts in anything cocoa related, as well as a business entrepreneur (she also runs Taster Tripper app, more to come). She’s a judge on a number of chocolate tasting awards and she’s overall a great girl with lots…

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