Get-togethers for grown-ups
Sofitel’s Le Bar offers afternoon tea and intimate wine parties.
Sofitel’s Le Bar offers afternoon tea and intimate wine parties.
Two weeks before the much-awaited One Direction (1D) concert in the Philippines, Villa del Conte, a premium chocolate brand in the country, launched limited edition 1D chocolate bars for the delight of Filipino 1D fans.
Perusing the Valentine’s Day chocolate selection during my lunch break made me stand out in the crowd in Tokyo: I was the only male in the Godiva store.
Today is Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day. It is as much a holiday as any—there’s planning, preparing, gift-giving, celebrating, partying, and all that fun stuff left and right.
International Chocolate Day was observed on September 13.
I recently had the privilege of hosting a chocolatier whose esteemed lineage in the art of creating edible masterpieces spans three generations. Ciocollato connoisseur Enrico Cattapan inherited his skills from his grandfather Nazzareno and his father Orfeo Celestino. For 75 years now, the family has been supplying the quaint little stores in the Veneto region of Italy with its artisanal chocolates.
Physical therapist-turned-chocolatier Raul Matias shook up the local confection scene with his Eurasian fusion gourmet chocolates. Most of his discoveries are borne out of curiosity such as his latest, Harold’s Cheese Bar, dark chocolate with blue cheese, from Malagos Farm in Davao. The subtle sweetness of the chocolate is tinged with bits of Blue Pepato cheese that is at once piquant and spicy.
Every day, around 8,000 to 10,000 pieces of at least 17 types of exquisite, handmade chocolate confections roll out of the Chocolate Room at the famed Peninsula Boutique at the
I’m sitting at the dining table watching my 8-year-old nephew Emilio devour one piece of Choc Nut after another, and I think to myself, so what’s the big deal with
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