On the sudden news of Michael Jackson’s death, I can not help but wonder if this is all part of a grander plan. It can be said that Michael adored Elvis, to the extent that he married into the family. Like Elvis, he became incredibly successful at an early age, and spent the later part [...]
Entries from June 25th, 2009
Chocolove Orange Peel in Dark Chocolate
June 5th, 2009 · No Comments · chocolate
Compared to the Frey orange dark chocolate, the orange flavor is much more even and subtle, but the freeze-dried orange peel itself is distracting. The chocolate is nice – the Belgian dark chocolate is smoother, more buttery, than the swiss counterpart – but it’s just those damn peels that get in the way.
Frey Bouquet d’Oranges
June 5th, 2009 · No Comments · chocolate
We’ve had Frey before – generally we’ve tried to find chocolates with pepper – but here we find some orange. We don’t like it so much. The orange powder tastes a bit crystallized, but we wonder if it’s intentional. We’re also wondered if this might be happen to be a bit stale. The chocolate part [...]
Tags: orange·swiss dark chocolate
Valrhona Le Noir Amer
June 5th, 2009 · No Comments · chocolate
I can’t believe this chocolate hasn;t been reviewed yet. I’m fairly certain we’ve eaten this at least a half dozen times – and probably never had enough lying around long enough to review. We usually pick this up at our local Trader Joes – and quickly devour it. This is a good, straightforward chocolate. Dark? [...]
Tags: dark chocolate·french·valrhona