I've always heard about Charbonnel et Walker. Mutterings here and there, whisperings about them. Lots of pretty and exclusive things on Bond Street get whispered about. While I'd never tried their famed pink champagne truffles, I'd always swooned over their...
Butlers Chocolates of Ireland base their marketing strategy on happiness, describing themselves as "purveyors of happiness." They have enlisted William Blake, Albert Camus and my favourite contemporary philosopher - Ms Anonymous - to describe happiness. If to provide happiness is...
Made in Italy by Venchi chocolatiers, these chocolate cigars have been modelled on the Cuban smoke and are very realistic indeed. Tightly-rolled bundles with a red and gold tag which immediately gives an impression of class. These are novelty items...
Make lumpy hot chocolate a thing of the past. This Hot Chocolate Shaker makes delicious hot chocolate in a few shakes, with none of that nasty gritty powder or blobs of chocolate at the bottom of your mug. It's genuinely one of my favourite kitchen gadgets, as you can see in my Hot Chocolate Shaker review.
Valrhona's chocolate factory is based in the small town of Tain l'Hermitage, in a wine growing district near Lyon. Valrhona's products are "vintage chocolates" some being "made from beans of a single year's harvest in exceptional plantations." The Guanaja Grué...
Is this the GO*DO I have been waiting for? GO*DO was launched at the Chocolate Unwrapped show in October 2010 after creating a buzz among chocolate bloggers by sending them pre-production samples. Six months later, the small GO*DO chocolate bars...
Venchi positions itself in the market as an "atelier of confectionery art whose aim is to transform cocoa in an extraordinary experience". It may be so but make no mistake this is an artisan outfit with an industrial infrastructure. The...
Head to Danbury, Essex, where you'll use Willie's Cacao to make chocolate fondant, Belgian truffles, and chocolate cake. Grab a notebook and pen to jot down the recipes in this three-hour group cookery class.
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