My Lovelies! A very interesting thing happened to me yesterday! I received a very curt Cease-and-Desist order from Chef Hasty Torres, a 90210 chocolatier in Beverly Hills . Ms. Torres is the really, real Madame Chocolat and does not appreciate me brandying about the name in any way or fashion. Madame Chocolat is the name […]
Chocroissants!
My Lovelies! The other day, a writer for Eat, Drink Boulder did a review of local chocolate croissants and, of the three she tried from various bakeries, she rated ours the best. Yea!!!… well, maybe. However, this lady was a tough customer! After having read her review several times, over and over, as this is […]
Sustainable Packaging… please, tell me you care.
My Lovelies, Yes! Today, you find me high upon my chocolate soapbox!!! Piece, Love &… Packaging!!! You may not realize how much waste is created from traditional chocolate packaging. The boxes, the balotin inserts, the paper cups and separators… its all beautiful, but wasteful and expensive! Before I opened my shop, a lot of careful planning […]
Teacher is Student is Teacher
My Lovelies… From the beginning (pg 86 in the waaaaay too long PL&C business plan), we had planned on having classes. And, if you’d asked me last year this time the “why?” behind this offering, I would have told you, “great service offering, additional source of revenue, create brand loyalty… blah, blah, blah!” Oh! How […]
Memoirs of Culinary School…
Are pastry chefs born or are they created? From the very beginning of culinary school, perhaps, even that first day of “Skills” with Chef Kennedy, I knew I was destined for pastry and chocolate. However, one of my favorite classes that tested my curiosity was not one of baking. It was the study of the cold kitchen […]