the differences and cacao percentages (I’m partial to the Madagascar). They also make great choc. pastry, truffles, etc. Bought a bag of their coc. powder recently- haven’t used it yet though. They have a few shops....

'm suspicious about the bottles that tout themselves as 100% juice. I’m not disputing that fact, but I’ve never found the percentage of cranberry juice in the mix. The cranberry juice tail combinations at least openly...

Wow! Way to take a recipe and fly with it! Sounds amazing. What kind of chocolate did you use? I’ve been afraid to melt a chocolate bar into ice cream custard after reports of waxiness and overall bad mouthfeel. Please do...

to the public on an ongoing basis. Don’t know about any other food tours, but you might make an extended outing of the SB tour by following up with a stop at the adjoining Cafe Cacao and/or Bittersweet on College Ave. in...

in the final baked product. I’ve also used a Spanish chocolate which I can’t recall the name of – I bought it at Whole Foods at the recommendation of the friendly person in the cheese department and it was also...

of food pairings, Godiva offers enough variety of chocolate. Now if they could put together a sampling based upon different percentages of chocolate vertically from say 60% and up, along with a horizontal of different countries...

I hate to hear people “trying” to like something. There’s nothing inherently bad about milk chocolate. That said, i have two suggestions. Look not just at the percentage, but the sugar content in grams on the...

Excellent advice. Don’t forget about the amazing chocolate tarts. In the back of the store, they have a whole collection of chocolate bars from all over the world and different percentages of sugar. I recommend getting...

to splurge, here’s something you can look into. Richart Chocolates has the Ultra Fine collection that has 72 wafers of various percentages up to 100% cacao. Good for a special treat or occasion, but $59 for the box is not...

Hershey’s has been doing a lot of experiments in various kinds of chocolates. I’m not familiar with the Bliss line, but they’ve been making more high-end chocolate in their cacao reserve line, which are a higher...

way. Both of them understand, as many purported chocolate-lovers don`t, that the highest percentage of cacao does not give the best end product. A well-balanced chocolate piece may have several different chocolates to best...

critical when pairing chocolate with red wine is the darkness of the chocolate, It really has to be DARK. Like at least 72% cacao solids. It requires at least that percentage for the chocolate to be slightly bitter and only...

Maison du Chocolat in France. I’m also interested in bars with a high percentage of cocoa solids—80% and over.

Dagoba is okay, but I must confess my FAVORITE is Scharffen Berger out of Berkley CA – they have several gradients of cacao — the 99% being purely for baking, but the 62% and 70% (I think) is wonderful with a glass of...

Bittersweet should be sold in your baking isle & is sold in bars. I have used Nestle Chocolatier 62% Cacao with great success. It comes in 8 oz size & you can eat the leftover 2 oz or combine with heavy cream to make ganache...