Cadbury Chocolate: Birmingham’s Legacy to the World
Season’s Greetings to all my friends, followers, and fellow chocolate lovers. I am thrilled to celebrate this special week with a guest post from a colleague of mine who just happens to live in...
Category: Chocolate
“On The Chocolate Trail” perfect for your Hanukkah or Christmas gift guide
As most of you know, I’m fortunate to receive a variety of chocolate books and samples to review on this site. I received this book last year just in time for Hanukkah (Chanukah), and...
your guide to reading chocolate labels
We celebrate National Dark Chocolate Day annually on February 1st. But just what qualifies as dark chocolate? In this post, I’ll answer that question, help you differentiate between dark chocolate, dark milk chocolate, milk...
enter the world of chocoMe, chocolate genius from Budapest, Hungary
Chocolatour is about the world of chocolate travel and all that it entails. Not simply about tasting or eating chocolate, but about going to places where chocolate or cocoa has had an impact on...
bean-to-bar chocolate in Montreal
In the previous post, I introduced you to a few fabulous chocolatiers who are offering French-style sophisticated chocolate in Montreal. In this post, I’d like to invite you into the world of bean-to-bar chocolate...
great chocolate shops in Montreal
In a previous post, I alluded to the fact that Montreal just might be the Chocolate Capital of Canada with all its fabulous chocolate shops. There are somewhere in the area of 100 chocolate...
Barry Callebaut Chocolate Academy helps chocolatiers learn and grow
It is impossible to delve into the world of fine chocolate in Montreal without understanding the importance of Barry Callebaut. At each Barry Callebaut Chocolate Academy, chocolate artistry is taught alongside the importance of...
Mathilde Fays of Oka, Quebec: one very talented chocolatier
Situated roughly 90 minutes northwest of Montreal in Central Quebec’s Laurentian region, Oka is a small town of 4,000 residents who enjoy a quiet lifestyle on the shores of Lake of Two Mountains. It...
A Salute to Purdys Chocolatier
I owe Purdys Chocolatier an apology. Back in 2013 when I was writing the first volume of Chocolatour: A Quest for the World’s Best Chocolate, I included Purdys in the A-Z Guide for Chocolate...
chocolate beer and more in Hershey, PA
Everyone seemed to be fascinated with the warm chocolate shooters I mentioned in the previous post. So in this post, I thought I would share some of the amazing chocolate beer and other delicious...
