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Visiting Vosges Haut Chocolat in Chicago

Exterior, Interiors of Vosges Haut Chocolat in Lincoln Park, Chicago

When I visited Chicago, I had to visit Vosges Haut Chocolat mostly because this company is started and based there.

I came with a friend to their Lincoln Park, which is considered Vosges’ flagship. It is much larger shop than the one [...]

My Final Installment of the Holiday Gift Guide for 2011

We finally reach the final installment of my holiday gift guide. This is more of a relative hodgepodge of food related categories spanning from edible food items to beautiful housewares and cups. I’ve realized that I’m since I’m not featuring as much photos as I would like for this guide, I’ve created a Flickr set [...]

Holiday Sweets Gift Guide 2011

Here’s the next edition of the holiday gift guide: it’s all about sweets. Chocolates, cakes, cookies, confections, and ice cream. Hopefully, you won’t go into a sugar high by just looking at the photos but these are a number of notable sweets that I like a lot.

Have thoughts of other brands or sweets I [...]

Ice Cream, Chocolates and Cookies: Chozen Ice Cream, Valrhona, Jin Patisserie, and Alégio’s Claudio Corallo

Note: This is a general post all about sweets I’ve eaten within the past several weeks just to catch up before my grad school schedule gets in the way…

Trio of Chozen ice cream flavors

Several weeks ago when we’re all suffering (in New York City, at least) from the blistering heat. [...]

Visiting Vosges Haut Chocolat in SoHo for Ice Cream and Bacon + Chocolate!

Inside the SoHo boutique

For the past three years or so, I’ve been a fan of the Chicago-based luxury chocolate brand, Vosges Haut Chocolat, under the ownership and the head chocolatier, Katrina Markoff. The main reason why I like Vosges is their bacon + chocolate collection, though everything else is fun to [...]

John & Kira’s Chocolate and My Upcoming Vacation

Ladybug & Bee Collection: Chocolate Ladybugs (left/top photo) & Chocolate Caramel Bees (right/bottom photo)

I’ve been on a search for a spring/Easter chocolate that both looks adorable and colorful yet has great quality and flavor. I remember hearing about John & Kira’s from a friend recently and many moons ago at the [...]

Mariebelle Chocolate Boutique

Interior

My friend and I visited Mariebelle in SoHo for a late afternoon cup of hot chocolate. It’s been a while since I’ve visited this boutique as there are so many different options as to where I can get my fill of chocolate – solid or liquid form – but I thought [...]

Valentine’s Day Chocolate Indulgence – Gift Guide

To many of my readers who know me, I am a chocoholic. I just need to have my fill of chocolate everyday in some fashion whether it’s in the form of a chocolate bar, ice cream sundae (hot fudge) to a good ol’ cup of rich hot chocolate. For me, Valentine’s Day is just a [...]

What You Missed Last Night at La Maison Du Chocolat’s “La Nuit du Gâteau”

Last night was one crazy yet controlled chocoholic’s party at all three La Maison du Chocolat boutiques in New York City.

The main party was the boutique in the Upper East Side on Madison Avenue, where the line for the general public to get samples of the pastry line was insanely long, going down [...]