The other day while grocery shopping, I turned a corner and found myself face-to-face with a huge, looming wall of red. Hearts, cupids, packaged candies of all kinds filled the entire shelf. Although it got my attention and reminded me of the upcoming holiday, I found myself kinda turned off by the timed [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Valentine’s Day Commercialism
Posted in Chocolate, tagged Chocolate, green, M&Ms, marketing, Valentine's Day on January 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
First Photos of My New Home
Posted in Small town, tagged Charlottesville, photo on January 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Having recently moved to Charlottesville, Virginia, I am loving the slower pace and smaller scale than my previous home- Philadelphia. In fact, just last week on my morning drive to work, I was struck by how pretty the scenery and architecture really is. And then that evening, I just drooled over the burning [...]
My Darkest Secret
Posted in Chocolate, tagged dark chocolate, palate on January 8, 2008 | 3 Comments »
First of all – I love a good, dark chocolate.
Don’t get me wrong- creamy milk chocolate can be absolutely delightful at the right time. But there’s something more interesting about the tanginess and bite of a chocolate in the 65-80% cacoa range.
Although…in this age of gourmet elitism, when darker is always better, I find myself wondering if there [...]
Origin of the Name
Posted in Chocolate, tagged Chocolate, double boiler, melting on January 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So when I named this blog, the first words out of my guy’s mouth were, “I don’t get it.”
Of course, he has seen me use my double boiler many, many times. He just never put a name to the face. And of course, the two or three of you reading this blog are most likely fans [...]
Hey there!
Posted in Life etc., tagged Chocolate, college, Virginia on January 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hi, welcome to my blog! I’m K!
I grew up in southern coastal Virginia near the beach. Here’s a view of the river in my hometown:
During college I lived in Philadelphia and became a city girl… (with my three amazing rommates)
…only to later move to a small town in the Appalachians where I now work at a search engine [...]
