Chocolate Apprentice

Chocolate Arts – Chocolate Bars

Vancouver, BC V6J 5E2, Canada

Have I mentioned before how much I love being the Chocolate Apprentice?

It means I get to plan wonderful trips to local and distant chocolate shops, to sample their wares and broaden my knowledge of fabulous chocolates, new flavours and innovations.

It is, of course, a tough job, but I am happy to shoulder the burden.

This week, I was delighted to hear from Gemma at Chocolate Arts, here in Vancouver, of a new line of chocolate bars they have just launched. [Read more…]

Salted Caramels

Maybe it’s because I live close to the ocean.  My partner has a sailboat, and on windy days, the feel of a light salt spray hitting my face (and I do mean a light one:  I am a fair weather boater) makes me lick my lips and crave salty foods.

Spring is in the air and it is almost time to put the boat back in the water, so it is, perhaps, no wonder I am thinking of fleur de sel.

This wonderfully tasty and expensive salt is, according to David Lebovitz, “a hand-harvested sea salt collected by workers who scrape only the top layer of salt before it sinks to the bottom of large salt pans”.

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