Japan. Coffee. Jazz.
Rich is traveling again. Good for inspiration. Tuesday through Thursday: Taito, Tokyo Enjoyed breakfast with phenomenal coffee and excellent jazz at the […]
Category: A Day in the Life
A Chocolatier’s Blog, or A Series of semi-random events in an ongoing quest for happiness and chocolate.
Doing Stuff
Shaman’s getting Puerto Rico milk chocolate on the melanger. Leaf’s making transfer sheets for the tops of candy bars. Rich is preparing […]
Sugar Plum Chocolate Fudge Pops
Yasamin is quality testing one of our new Sugar Plum Chocolate FUDGE POPS. Our friend Ara picked the sugar plums earlier this […]
Sugar Plums
Our friend Ara just dropped off freshly-picked local SUGAR PLUMS. They’re juicy as heck and destined to become bonbons. #chocolatier #localfood #ingredients […]
Making bread, with chocolate
Our own starter and an overnight preferment should give a nice chew and translucent crumb. I ran dark chocolate ganache through each […]
About Marshmallows
Some people think MARSHMALLOWS aren’t worthy of a chocolatier. We beg to differ. Making marshmallow from freshly-steeped lavender. The texture and flavor […]
Flowers on Tables
Da Momma always said to keep flowers on the tables. Flowers bring life. Rich is making Unforeseen Consequences and Chai Bars today. […]
Making guitar-cut bonbons for hand-dipping
A Persimmon Blossom ganache slab prepped for dipping. We have a master chocolatier ganache recipe development course coming up in August through […]