I'm not the biggest fan of dark chocolate. I like smooth, milky and creamy, so picking up a Dark Marc de Champagne Bar in Charbonnel et Walker was probably a strange choice. But I had already bought the pink champagne...
Bristol Zoo celebrated chilli and chocolate at a special festival over the weekend. Local exhibitors displayed their wares on the zoo's main lawn whilst live bands entertained with latin, jazz and funk music. 175 varieties of chilli plant were put...
Macarons divide people. Some hate them. Some are sick of them being everywhere and think they're too sickly sweet. I adore them. They fascinate me. Because I've tried to make them myself and I don't think there is a baked...
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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With their discreetly elegant packaging, Original Beans’ chocolate bars can now be found on sale in leading London food shops, while the chocolate is used by a number of top chefs and so appears on the menus of a number...
Fortnum & Mason is a mix of hilarious and intimidating. Hilarious because I'm sure some tourists think that us Londoners shop there all the time. And intimidating because oh my goodness it's fancy. Did you know that you can spend...
What is really happening behind the Milky-bar creamy exterior of The Chocolate Boutique Hotel in Bournemouth? To find out what delicious threats are available to guests and in order to provide a comprehensive report, I could do no less than...
The famous Knightsbridge store is open online, and boasts a selection of luxurious chocolate gifts for everyone. Why not treat somebody you love with a thoughtful box of chocolate truffles, a cannister of enrobed nuts, or a selection of chocolate treats from other luxurious chocolate brands?
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...
Once a niche affair, Fairtrade chocolate is moving into the mainstream, with Fairtrade chocolate products widely available, now found on sale in newsagents, garage counters and supermarkets as well as health food shops and delicatessens. Since 2008, Fairtrade chocolate’s share...
Paul A Young is a familiar brand to chocolate lovers. Its third London shop, its flagship, recently opened at 143 Wardour Street. Its Soho neighbours, passers-by and revellers will not have been able to miss the chocolatier's elegant, designer boutique....