Tuesday, May 21, 2002


one of my favorite sites for a long time has been the xocolatl pages by mrk, a seattle-based database guy and chocolate fanatic. . .

it's an interesting list -- altho' of course i don't agree with it all -- of his rankings of 100 brands of chocolate. perhaps what's interesting is his selection. he has some obscure brands (where is the marquise de sevigne? hmm?), but ignores some relatively common ones, such as schokinag, leonidas (i mean, he has neuhaus!) , and guittard.

and while he chooses a true artisinal italian chocolate, slitti, as his favorite, he ignores other famous chocolatiers, such as burdick, donnelly, linxe, and of course torres. and he has the truly surprising rating on hevin, widely considered one of the greatest chocolatiers now working.

i also think many would raise their eyebrows at his relatively low rating of valrhona, and his total lack of mention for their famous manjari. also, he seems to like scharffen-berger as an eating chocolate!

well, at least we agree on bonnat. . . but we are going to disagree seriously on castelain. . .and while he mentions common organic chocolates like green & blacks or denman island, he doesn't yet seem to know about boulder's hilarious "alchemist" dagoba. . .

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