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Caramelized White Chocolate – playing with tempering
Last week, I spent a couple of Zen-like sloth-paced days caramelizing white chocolate in my oven. The process cannot be rushed by turning the heat up or you end up with a pan full of seized, burned...
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That Fruity-Biscuity-Chocolate Thing
I gave a tiny Mason jar of caramelized white chocolate to my dear friend, Steph. She looked intrigued, but was a bit mystified. “Umm, this looks fantastic,” she said, appreciatively regarding its...
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Bean to Bar Beginnings
I visited my pal Rachel Sawatzky, the Cocoa Nymph, this week. She has a fabulous chocolate shop on the west side of Vancouver. I got to work there for a day, last year, and my respect for the...
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Administer Liberally
My dear friend had a stroke last week. I was shocked and concerned and felt helpless to do anything to help. He is one of the most positive people I know, has never ever said NO to me, when I have...
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Fudgsicles
It’s going to be a very hot day. I am not complaining. I am sitting in my backyard in the early morning sunshine, a cup of tea in hand. I am having it now before it becomes too hot to enjoy it,...
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Delicious Disaster
Sometimes, good things come out of big failures. Last week, I made a flag, for Vancouver’s Pride Parade celebration, of six different flavours and colours of Pâtes de Fruits (French fruit jellies). I...
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Tea Infused Chocolate – Bars and Truffles
A few weeks ago, I had a great time with my panel of two teenaged tea aficionados, tasting black, green and herbal teas with dark, milk and white chocolates. We were surprised and delighted to...
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Some Bloody Good Chocolate
I made a chocolate coffin, this week. And then I stuffed it with dark chocolate bleeding hearts. It was a lot of fun especially with Hallowe’en coming. My old alma mater, Studio 58, did a production...
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A Chocolate Thank You
Although I have now been working with chocolate for three years (gosh, has it really been that long?) and have had the privilege to write this blog all that time, I am still very much an apprentice...
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Clotted Cream and Caramelized White Chocolates
“Uh, dearest?” “Yes?” “Do you see this?” (Showing him a clear plastic bag with a small handful of blonde chocolate fèves in the bottom) “Oh yes, they are really good.” “Uh …” “I ate them.” “Yes ….”...
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