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  • Contemplating Cold, Part III

    For hot muggy days, ice cream can really chill things out! Come by and try our Black Sesame Ice Cream…

    A Day in the Life, Remembering the Cafe
    June 6, 2025
  • Contemplating Cold

    Frozen Mango Fruit Pop. Honey Scotch Fudge Pop with Cinnamon and Currants. Black Sesame Ice Cream. Cold Chocolate Soda. Cold…

    A Day in the Life, Remembering the Cafe
    June 5, 2025
  • Cinnamon, Plum, Mint

    Water in Fire Cinnamon plum ganache over white chocolate (my) garden mint ganache, cast in Puerto Rico 68% dark chocolate…

    20 Years of Bonbons
    May 31, 2025
  • Maple Pecan Halva

    A HAL’VA DAY Not complainin’about the raining’It’s good for the treesand if we have juuuustthe right combo ofcold and hot…

    20 Years of Bonbons
    May 31, 2025
  • Peanut Butter Turtles

    Cu Later Over and Over Again They’re copper-bottom turtles so you can tell they’re filled with peanut butter. The name’s…

    20 Years of Bonbons
    May 31, 2025
  • Bonbon Boxes

    Whoa! Making bonbon boxes. You’ve noticed that they’ve become fewer. Honestly, I’ve been more in a “crazy bar” than a…

    20 Years of Bonbons, A Day in the Life
    May 31, 2025
  • Bread Today

    Chocolate Macadamia Boule. We’ve been experimenting with working chocolate directly into the sponge, which results in an interesting silky texture.…

    Remembering the Cafe
    May 31, 2025
  • Saturday, May 31

    Fresh bread and ice cream and brownies, oh my! Or was that LIONS and maybe bears, and possible tiggers, oh…

    Remembering the Cafe
    May 31, 2025
  • Shake the Tree Bar

    Ghana 66% dark chocolate with dairy-free coconut caramel. donotshakethetree.donotstandbeneath thetree. #chocolatier #beantobar #caramel #vegan @ecolechocolat

    Chocolate Bars
    May 30, 2025
  • Spicy Pear Bar

    Peru Ucayali River 69% dark chocolate with Sichuan spices and dried pears. This bar was inspired by a meal I…

    Chocolate Bars
    May 30, 2025
  • Brushstrokes and Peonies Bar

    Guatemala 68% dark chocolate with medjool dates and dried red bananas. bananas and dates mixed countries, mixed metaphors, scattered peonies…

    Chocolate Bars
    May 30, 2025
  • Strawberries in Tranquilidad

    Harry’s Berries are flown in daily from Oxnard, California, and are the closest I’ve tasted to the magnificent Santa Maria…

    Remembering the Cafe
    May 28, 2025
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The Shop is Closed

Bars and bonbons are finished, the cafe is no more–
I’ve wrapped up the production and closed up the store.

Watch this site for the Continuing Adventures…

Richard Tango-Lowy

Atenas, Costa Rica

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