Confiserie Sprüngli has been making incredible Swiss chocolate in Zurich since 1836. Not to be confused with Lindt & Sprüngli, a branch of the Sprüngli family that separated from the original chocolate-making group in 1845 to...
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...
As most of you know, I’m fortunate to receive a variety of chocolate books and samples to review on this site. The book I received this week arrived just in time for Hanukkah (Chanukah),...
With the holidays upon us, many chocolate lovers will be looking to purchase chocolate for themselves, their guests, and their friends and family. In this post, I thought I’d share a few tips on...
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...
I was asked by a travel writer friend if I used Pepo. I admit to knowing nothing about this travel app, so I asked Agness Walewinder of eTramping to help me discover Pepo and...
I was fortunate to discover zChocolat back in 2011, and happy to include it in volume I of Chocolatour: A Quest for the World’s Best Chocolate. I was so impressed with the taste and...
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...
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...
It is impossible to delve into the world of fine chocolate in Montreal without understanding the importance of Barry Callebaut. The Barry Callebaut Group (BCG) was founded in 1996 with the merger of the...
