Chocolate Snobbery der Dritte

Chocolate Snobbery der Dritte

The fat elf brought my wife a chocolate melanger for Christmas. “Melanger” is surrender-monkey speak for “refiner”. I freely admit that I am enabling my wife’s borderline pathological obsession1 with chocolate. By importing a melanger into the household, her tasting...

Chocolate Snobbery, Part Deux

Chocolate Snobbery, Part Deux

My wife and I flew to Seattle (strictly speaking, Bellvue) Washington to attend the 2025 Northwest Chocolate Festival, October 4th and 5th. The Northwest Chocolate Festival is the largest craft chocolate industry trade show in North America, and 2025 marks its 17th...

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