Friday, July 06, 2001


the cool weather continues today. . .which makes me think of chocolate.

i felt like i had a good handle on the most common brands of quality chocolate. but the beauty of the internet is that smaller, gourmet european brands that are usually not imported can now get more attention. thus i've come to discover an italian chocolate: cuba venchi ciccolato.

according to their website, you can find cuba at the dread what-do-i-need-more-this-or-my-kidney? dean & deluca. however, i don't recall ever having seen the chocolates there, so their stock may be sporadic. since it's july, ordering chocolate to ship is too risky -- i'll be checking in with the dean & deluca folks.

note that cuba venchi offers chocolate and rum torrone. now that sounds like something to have with a cup of coffee! in general, cuba venchi is famed for their hazelnut confections, the candies and truffles filled with gianduja, or hazelnut praline. i'm not wild about hazelnut personally, which i realize is a defect, since gianduja is an acknowledged masterpiece of flavor in the chocolate world.

however, i have to confess i'm looking forward to trying the 75% chocolate candy with extra bitter cream. sounds like a perfect match for an afternoon cappucino break! not that i'd refuse one of their basic 56% bars, though. . .

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