If It Ain't Dark, It Ain't Chocolate

The gourmet chocolate trend has spawned dark-chocolate snobs.

Just thought I’d let the chocophiles out there know that Kerstin Roos has now officially opened her store, The Cocoa Room by Kerstin’s Chocolates. (She’s the chocolatier behind the made-in-Edmonton Chocophilia...

In an act of extraordinary selflessness, the staff of the LA Times food section survives a marathon dark-chocolate tasting.

So I tried this chocolate last year and decided it was the best thing I ever tasted. But then – rather unchowhoundishly, i must admit – after finishing the bar (purchased online at chocophile), I forgot about this...

Thanks for the recommendation! It’s actually on the same block as my hotel, 60 Thompson. I did a search and came up with a review on chocophile.com Link: http://www.chocophile.com/stories/storyReader$122

concoctions get lost or overpowered by the fruit, but not this time. Perfect balance. White Chocolate / Sea Salt: Rich and complex, chocophile Mrs. J.L. confiscated it from me and I haven’t seen it since. Almond / Horchata:...

Ooh. Very near my office. I’ll be sure to steer chocophile colleagues over that way. Thanks for the report.

I have tried the one with cherries, and I thought it was very good. Nice snap to it. Right now you can order a sampler pack through chocophile.com (check out his review of Dagoba, too). You can also order directly through the...

Recently I was in Trader Joe’s here in SF and picked up an organic dark chocolate “Dark Tuffle” bar from Terra Nostra. This bar is 57% cacao. I consider myself more of a chocophile than say in this case a...

We had a marzipan flavored cake. I had chocolate sauce on the side to make the choco-philes happy.

some very good quality lamb, which is good. The desserts (chocolate pot-au-feu and chocolate cheesecake – I like fruity, but companion had bad day. She won) were both really, really good, and keep in mind I’m not a...

chocolate brand. More info: http://www.chocophile.com/

touch I miss is their cakes that were decorated with fresh flowers. Oh well... Thanks all and one of these days I will head out to Bklyn and check out JT for myself. Link: http://www.chocophile.com/stories/storyReader$122

is regarded as one of the best Belgian chocolatiers and has a location on Park Ave. I’d also suggest taking another stab with dark chocolates at one of the places recommended above. Being a chocophile and not liking dark is...

://www.citypages.com/2007-12-19/restaurants/the-smallest-chocolate-factory-in-the-world/full/ (Sorry I can’t figure out how to hyper-link it.) The bars are $6.50 for just over 2 ounces – very expensive – but for...