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Dagoba beaucoup berries

February 22nd, 2010 · No Comments

I can’t say that I have ever had a chocolate from Dagoba that I didn’t like. And here I find another flavor of theirs that I have not had tried! Dark chocolate – 74% cocoa – with cherries and cranberries. Simple, elegant mix of sweet, and bitter dark chocolate. Just throw in some pop rocks… [...]

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Café Tasse Noir Poivre de Szechuan

December 16th, 2009 · No Comments

Among the many Belgian chocolates I recently found at Chelsea Market Basket, this was one of the most interesting I tried. Now, it’s important to note that I say interesting – it is not my favorite, but I am glad I got to try this. You open this bar up – it’s a delicious smelling [...]

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Marquesitas, or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Cheese.

February 27th, 2009 · No Comments

We just finished a really nice dinner at La Habicheula in downtown Cancún. We had decided before dinner to take a short stroll to the restaurant we had reservations for the following night, and preview the menu. I had already quickly scanned a map of the area earlier, from our Fodor’s tour book. On that [...]

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Russell Stover Urban Chocolates

September 9th, 2008 · No Comments

While hunting around our local Wal-Mart, I stumbled across these in a discount endcap. I realize the notion of a discount rack in Wal-Mart should raise some red flags, but given this item’s name, and that was a a buck or two (I can’t remember the price anymore), I decided it was worth investigating. Worth [...]

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