For chocolate artisans, bean to bar is the gold standard, one worn and earned by a dedicated few.
Now, a theory and a simple fabrication technique derived by MIT engineers may help chocolate artisans create uniformly smooth shells and precisely tailor their thickness.
A theory and simple fabrication technique derived by MIT engineers may help chocolate artisans create uniformly smooth shells and precisely tailor their thickness.
There are numberless chocolate artisans out there, many of them experimenting with Thanksgiving-unfriendly combinations like lemon grass, bacon and Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.
All along the street, chocolate artisans from the region will be sharing decadent and unique culinary creations.
What was supposed to be a casual late-December exploration of this New Mexican cultural hub wound up becoming a full-on chocolate extravaganza in which I dragged my husband, Jay, to a new exhibit, "New World Cuisine: The Histories of Chocolate, Mate y Más," at Santa Fe's Museum of International Folk Art, and to several chocolate artisans around town.
After building impressive careers in corporate America, the two friends joined forces to start a unique artisan chocolate shop called Casa de Chocolates (www.casadechocolates.com).
A woman who works in the artisan chocolate shop next door, Dark Sugars Chocolate, claims the events were genuinely "horrific" and the people were "very, very angry".
I bought them some artisan chocolate, which he described as "broken chocolate" because it came wrapped in a clear plastic bag (it was from a small local business that hand-wraps items), and a handmade candle that was called "crappy" by his partner.
The mini-bar is stocked, not just with Tyrrell's crisps and artisan chocolate, but a takeaway coffee cup that you can fill before you head out.
