Sugar Savvy

West Coasters, there is a treat heading your way. A major chocolate show is taking place this summer at the San Francisco International CHOCOLATE SALON on Bastille Day Weekend, July 14 and 15, 2007 at the Fort Mason Conference Center in San Francisco.
“Chocolate aficionados, fanatics, buyers and journalists can experience the finest in artisan, […]

I found a new candy a few weeks ago at one of my favorite Vietnamese grocery stores. It’s brown candy. That’s what it’s called: “Brown Candy”. So simply stated, so classy. It’s candy. And it’s brown. It’s Brown Candy.
Needless to say, I bought it. But […]

Sure, why not?  The folks at Yummy Earth are taking “natural” to a whole new level.  They have just introduced a line of new lollipops that are made without processed sugars or artifical flavors.  Two dads are behind the line, and, interestingly enough, the coloring from the lollipops comes from ingredients like purple carrots and […]

I am never one to turn down a piece of chocolate, so when some of Hershey’s chocolates from their Goodness line came up for review, I jumped right in and offered to give the Whole Bean Chocolate variety a try. Hershey’s line of specialty chocolates touts extra health benefits when compared to regular chocolate. The […]

Since it is April, the rain taps on the windows quite frequently, which is not all that bad. Nothing is better than being at home in your most comfortable clothes on a dismal wet day cooking. The only bad thing is that every single chocolate in your house beckons for you, even if it is […]

It felt like Christmas when the box of neatly arranged Ginger People foods showed up on my doorstep. Bags of colorful ginger treats were carefully stacked one atop the other. What was even more special…my husband hates ginger, at least in its pure and candy-like forms. These sweets were all mine!
My first […]

This isn’t such a new item on the market, but I’d been reluctant to try the Hershey’s Extra Dark line simply because I couldn’t imagine that it would better than so many other “true” dark chocolates to which I have access. It has been an issue of “so many chocolates, so little time”, more […]

Few, if any, flavors on Earth have such a die-hard following as chocolate. It has a long and speckled history, being deemed a delicacy at first and then a source of evil. It gained favor again, becoming an aphrodisiac and finally was linked to heart-health in recently.
In our own personal histories, I would bet that this indulgence is looked […]

It’s Saturday night, and I’ve been sitting in front of my computer for the past 48 hours. It’s time to find something to distract me from work entirely. This recipe should do the trick:
Cacao-Spiked Hot Chocolate
Heat one cup of milk in a small pan over medium-low heat until simmering. Turn off heat. Add two ounces […]

Fifteen years ago, the appearance of dark chocolate in the Australian supermarket was limited to the cooking aisle, or to Nestlé Club dark chocolate, languishing amongst the multiple varieties of milk and white chocolate in the confectionary section. These days Club dark chocolate is not only available in plain, but in fruit and nut, mint […]