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Clay's 2009 Euro Chocolate Road Trip Blog Posts
Euro Chocolate Road Trip - London Chocolate Unwrapped
Euro Chocolate Road Trip - London Day 2
Euro Chocolate Road Trip - London Day 3 and Sophisticated Pairings
Euro Chocolate Road Trip - Off to Paris and the Salon du Chocolat
The Best Coffee and Gelato in All of Rome
The New New European Chocolate Weight Loss Diet
Events
November 10
Tuesday
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Chocolate ce Soir - Chocolate Gala Dinner
November 10, 2009 from 7pm to 9pm – Horizons Restaurant
November 15
Sunday
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The Brooklyn Chocolate Experiment
November 15, 2009 from 1pm to 5pm – The Bell House
November 19
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wintersalon09 SWEET DREAMS
November 19, 2009 at 7pm to November 21, 2009 at 11pm – Vienna Austria
January 5
Tuesday
February 4
Thursday
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Chocolate Decadence
February 4, 2010 from 6pm to 9pm – The Shops at Boca Center
ChocolateLife.com Adventures for 2010 - Updates
If Bolivia does not grab your fancy or January doesn't fit your schedule, in late May to early June I am leading a trip to Bahia State in Brazil. Our host will be ChocolateLife member Jim Lucas, owner of Fazenda Venturosa. Highlights of the trip will be our time at the Fazenda (also at peak harvest), a day hike through 500 acres of rain forest preserve, visits to local small chocolate factories, meetings with Brazilian cacao experts working to combat the devastating witches' broom, visiting the oldest European city in Brazil (Salvador), and time to relax on some of Brazil's most fabulous beaches. Estimated cost, not including r/t airfare to Salvador, BA, Brazil, will be about US$2500/pp. Maximum group size is just 12, and a US$250 deposit is also required to reserve a place. Now that the Bolivia trip is in place I can start planning Brazil.
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methodology of the broma process 1 Reply
HELLO PALS!! am a college student in my final year and as part of the curricula for the program, i have to under take a research project, my topic is extraction of cocoa butter using the broma proc...
Tagged: butter, cocoa, cacao, theobroma
Started by kenneth mensah in Tasting Notes. Last reply by Clay Gordon 5 hours ago.
Nibs 3 Replies
I've been playing with nibs a lot lately, trying them from several different sources, and have found that each one has very distinct flavor notes: Valrhona - quite bitter, sometimes almost burnt ta...
Started by Jonathan Walpole in Tasting Notes. Last reply by Tom 7 hours ago.
Criollo fermentation 1 Reply
Hi all, I've seen information from a lot of sources stating that criollo only needs 2-3 days for fermentation, whereas other varieties need about 5-7 days. Why is this? Is it just because criollo h...
Tagged: fermentation, ferment, criollo
Started by Byron Prior in Tech Help. Last reply by Samantha Madell 13 hours ago.
Insert - printing solutions 3 Replies
Good day. I need to print a very small run of inserts. These are the inserts people include in the boxes to tell which bonbon is which flavor. Do you guys know where I can go to get a small run? A...
Started by Andre Costa in Tips, Tricks, and Techniques. Last reply by Gina 1 day ago.
Raw chocolate, how raw is it really? 54 Replies
Working and selling our confections in the Bay Area I get a lot of people coming up to me and asking if my chocolate is raw. Mostly these types are more interested in the health benefits of chocola...
Tagged: antioxidant, ORAC, roasting, raw
Started by Clive Brown in Opinion. Last reply by Clay Gordon Nov 6.
Describing chocolate 19 Replies
Clay, I read with great interest on your blog about attempts to find new ways to describe the taste of chocolate that isn't dependent on other food terms. I'm especially curious about what you mea...
Tagged: vocabulary, music, descriptors
Started by Olorin in Tasting Notes. Last reply by Clay Gordon Nov 6.
Barry Callebaut to acquire Spanish chocolate maker Chocovic
http://www.barry-callebaut.com/51?release=5378 Who next?
Started by Masur in News Nov 5.
Best Female Chocolatier? 16 Replies
Who do you think is the best female chocolatier you've met. Most seem to be men and I am curious who you would count amoung the top ten females out there! As I understand it, a chocolatier is some...
Started by Richard Spangenberg in Opinion. Last reply by Jeff Nov 4.
Tips for pairing chocolate and whisky? 4 Replies
hi Cacao lovers, I'm preparing a first whiskey / chocolate pairing and would love to hear your tips/expertise and advice I have mainly European brands like Bonnat, Cluizel, Pralus, maybe some Akes...
Tagged: pairing, chocolate, whisky
Started by Evert-Jan De Kort (Choqoa.com) in Tasting Notes. Last reply by Evert-Jan De Kort (Choqoa.com) Nov 3.
Chocolate and wine tasting
I have done this before but at a University for students so I didn't charge participants or pay for anything. I am just wondering from others experiences, what is a good number to do these tastings...
Started by Tom in Uncategorized Nov 3.
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LIVE FOOTBALL ON INTERNET
Due to the fast developing of internet and IT worlds, all the football fans are able to watch premiership league on net from their Pc or laptop at any place or any time as long as there is internet access.
From the individual TV sets to cable TV, satellite TV with dish until now the satellite TV on pc. You all can see the changes of trend.
Watch television on computer are the future television set. This all must thanks to the programm… Continue
Posted by Tim Ferras on November 9, 2009 at 4:05am
Name Fave Chocolate Dessert...Win Free Healing Powers of Olive Oil or Vinegar Book
Posted by Cal Orey on November 4, 2009 at 8:48pm
Raw Cacao & Gelato tasting tonite NYC
Posted by lisa protter on November 4, 2009 at 9:30am
tempering thermometers
Posted by mike johnson on November 3, 2009 at 8:28am — 1 Comment
We are What We Choose
During my childhood, I always can we think best for ourselves. I always heard from the growing up saying that life is tough and working hard is a must for them in order to maintain current life style. Is that really true, and by working hard, playing less we can get what we want? When I grow up, I am in the same situation as well as people around me. Then I have another question in mind, when the time we get what we think we want, is that really what we want?
After a deep thought in al
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Ah, Italy. The food...the chocolate...
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Posted by SU on October 27, 2009 at 7:58pm — 2 Comments
The best coffee and gelato in all of Rome?
Near the Pantheon on the Piazza Sant'Eu… Continue
Posted by Clay Gordon on October 27, 2009 at 9:00am — 2 Comments
Europe trip in 2010
Wallace
Posted by wallace Macdonald on October 27, 2009 at 2:27am
Day of Delicious
The biggest celebration of Dia de Los Meurtos or Day of the Dead in America is at Hollywood Forever cemetery in Los Angeles. Part art walk, part street festival, all souls are welcome. The tradition is rooted in the ancient civilzations of Mesoamerica (Maya, Aztec and more) and are the same one… Continue
Posted by Susie Norris on October 26, 2009 at 4:30pm
The New New European Chocolate Weight Loss Diet
One of the reasons why was that I spent the first two weeks in Germany (a culture not known for gourmet cuisine) and another was that I was working a nine-day trade fair (Photokina) and so was on my feet from 9am to 8pm every day with few options for eating. For the remaining four weeks I was eating at most two meals a day (skippin… Continue
Posted by Clay Gordon on October 26, 2009 at 10:30am — 1 Comment
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