Chocolate Apprentice

Ecole Chocolat 10th Anniversary in San Francisco

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I have just returned from San Francisco.

I adore San Francisco.  I remember it as one of the first “big foreign cities” I ever visited as a child.  In the summer of 1968 my family moved from London, Ontario to Vancouver and Dad decided to make it a big driving adventure vacation, with a trip to visit family friends who lived in San Francisco, as the penultimate stop. [Read more…]

Why We Eagerly Await the Post

It’s been like Christmas at our house.  These days, whenever we get one of those “you have a package at the post office” notices on the door, I get very excited.

Because these days, the package is usually light, and covered in FRAGILE notices.  And when the brown paper wrappings are torn off, and the packing paper lifted away, there is a smaller, beautifully crafted, and carefully positioned box inside.  This box, when lifted to the nose, exudes heavenly aromas, and my salivary glands respond like Pavlov’s dogs. [Read more…]