February 2013 Blog Posts (6)

I'm currently working on my Easter production, mainly chocolate bunnies in different sizes. There will be small chocolates in boxes as well. In the past, I only produced for friends and neighbors who picked up their orders at my chocolate studio, but this year I would like to ship some orders. Some will go to the East Coast, others will be shipped just within the Bay Area, where I live. I have good packaging, but am worried about temperature. Any advise on how to prevent disaster and…

Hello Friends, am Stephen Sembuya. am from Kampala, Uganda. am looking for a partner in small scale bean to bar cocoa powder processing.  i have 1 square mile cocoa plantation one of the biggest single owned in Africa. my country exports cocoa worth 50 m Usd last year, we have no value additional currently. i will provide my farm , land and factory premises.

you can contact me on: steve@pinkfoodsindustries.com or info@pinkfoodsindustries.com

Having fun in the kitchen. Getting cakes decorated to meet the courier deadline just before Christmas- not stressful at all!

Chocolate…

Can anyone suggest the best place that I can source and buy 'Couverture' chocolate in Turkey? I have used Callebaut in the past and would welcome other suggestions subject to availability. Thank you.

hello out there, I am going to Oaxaca Mexico in March and want to take a Chocolate making class while there. Any suggestions???

Has anyone out there had any luck finding a decent sized tempering machine that is CSA approved?

We are currently in the process of having our Selmi inspected and it looks like it may be challenging.