Monthly Archives: September 2010

Ooh La La Chocolaterie Tea Chocolates

The wonderful folk at Ooh La La Chocolaterie, upon hearing I was dedicating a week to tea, sent me their Jasmine and Earl Grey tea selection.  While they were slightly crushed in the mail, that didn’t mean they tasted any ...

Perfectly Tempered Artisan Chocolates Tea Chocolates

Beautiful.  Beautiful was my first thought on opening this visually stunning box of Perfectly Tempered Tea Chocolates.  I was sent these chocolates for tea week and they were beautifully presented in their box.  Look at the decoration on each of ...

Matcha Chocolat Tea Chocolates Selection

I had the singular pleasure of visiting chocolaier Katie Christoffers at her Matcha Chocolat tea lab in Wallingford.  I got a chance to look into the chocolate and tea world of Matcha Chocolat and taste the selection you see here.  ...

Charles Chocolates Tea Selection

This tea chocolate collection was quite unique when I saw it.  To dedicate five chocolates in a specially boxed collection of tea chocolates was new to me and to add the calligraphy made specially for the chocolate manufacturer was especially ...

Double Chocolate Cupcakes- A Recipe

I am not a baker by nature.  When I was younger, mind, I was quite a dab hand at baking but I’ve since doubled my age and yet my free time has reduced to nil.  Despite this fact, I decided ...

Lucky Handmade Chocolate Cakes and Chocolate Enrobed Brownies

I was lucky enough to get some Lucky’s cakes (though not as lucky as Chocablog or Chocolate Reviews who got whole boxes of the yumminess) and I got a chance to meet the man behind the cakes at Raoul’s deli. The ...

Gower Cottage Chocolate Brownies

I recently received a box of the lovely Gower Cottage chocolate brownies.  I received it in a bid to make me stop.  The reason I had been begged to stop is that I entered the Gower free brownies competition.  Repeatedly. ...

Outsider Tart Maple Chocolate Cake

Outsider Tart has been a favourite of mine for awhile.  I absolutely love their stuff and am constantly recommending people to their online site. I grabbed this chocolate cake with maple icing at one of the events Outsider Tart was trading ...

Paul A Young Pecan Caramel Chocolate Brownie

I think I died and went to heaven when I had this Paul A Young chocolate brownie.  There is a flavour of nuttiness to the chocolate brownie which is delicate but yummy and is not at all the same flavour ...

Cheese and Chocolate Tasting Event at La Cave au Fromage

Yes, you read that right – cheese and chocolate. And yes, it implies eating cheese and chocolate at the same time, in the same bite. I kid you not. While some of you may have images of a ...