More Lindt Gold Bunny
With carrots and eggs.
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New from Hawaii - @MadreChocolate #chocolate
Triple cacao - chocolate, nib, and pulp. Yum. Hawaiian chocolate is quickly becoming a force to be reckoned with.
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#drinkeatrelax #chocolate - High West Bourye
Blend of 3-yr bourbon, 12-yr rye, and 16-yr rye. Nice depth and complexity with a touch of sweetness and rye's spice. I'd pair with a warm spice dark caramel ganache.
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#drinkeatrelax #chocolate - Calvin's of Brooklyn
My vote for the best filled tasting plate of the day. Jerk pork tips, ribs, pulled pork, and BBQ tips.
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#drinkeatrelax #chocolate - Weihenstephan Korbinian
Dark, but not too. Malty, but not too. Brilliant soft bubble structure. Dark milks and "chocolatey" chocolates or caramels w/ peanuts or pecans. Yes - pecans. Nothing with fruit acids in it.
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#drinkeatrelax #chocolate - Blacksauce bacon buttermilk biscuit
W/ smoked sausage gravy. Thinking maybe Porkslap Butternut? At a loss to think chocolate at this point ... only halfway through the first session.
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#drinkeatrelax #chocolate - That Burger's Tater Tot Nachos.
AKA " tachos." Speechless. But why not? $10 bourbon flights on Tacho Tuesdays.
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#drinkeatrelax #chocolate - Sweet potato bacon pudding
Would be enhanced with a sprinkling of cocoa powder and cinnamon. Posdef pairing? Brooklyn Brewery Pennant English Pale Ale.
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#drinkeatrelax #chocolate - 1792 Reserve high rye bourbon
8 yr, 90 proof, spicy, dry. Underlying woody/vegetal w/ bare astringency. Thinking Venezuela - Ocumare or Cuyagua.
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#drinkeatrelax #chocolate - Temptation breakfast bourbon
75% corn, 25% rye. Can you say smooooooth? Perfect for spiking a good hot chocolate for Sunday brunch w/ churros or maybe w/ huevos rancheros con mole poblano.
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#drinkeatrelax #chocolate - Redemption High Rye Bourbon
60% corn, 38% rye. Nice, smooth, sipping blend. Not as sweet as most bourbons but with a bit more fire.
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#drinkeatrelax #chocolate - Lucky 777 Chilii, NYC
Classic - 7 spices (chocolate is not one of them!), but not spicy hot. Would go w/ a mildly hoppy IPA or maybe a dark saison.
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#drinkeatrelax #chocolate - Chocolate balsamic
Flavored with chocolate essence, this is an adult version of Bosco. Very sweet, slightly acidic, but doesn't possess any of the nuance of a 25-year balsamic.
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#drinkeatrelax #chocolate - Pulled pork slider
From Kloby's Smokehouse, all the way from Laurel, Maryland. Sadly, no chocolate. But these would pair nicely with some chocolate porters.
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#drinkeatrelax #chocolate - Innis & Gunn 1/2 of my fave black & tan
The other half is Guinness Export. I&G is aged in rum casks, so dark milks is what I would pair with this.
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#drinkeatrelax #chocolate - Rodeo Bar
Cowboy kisses (bacon-wrapped shrimp stuffed w/ jalapeño) & pork ribs. Bacon-wrapped bacon (pork belly) anyone?
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#drinkeatrelax #chocolate - Angel's Envy
Aged 4-6 years in charred oak and then used Port barrels, blended in small batches. Would go great paired with milk chocolates w/ strong caramel notes : Valrhona Tanariva, Jivara, Caramelia.
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#drinkeatrelax - High West Silver Rye
Smokey w/ some bright vegetal notes will stand up to many high percentage plain dark #chocolate and my roasted wild Bolivian nib. What a way to start the day!
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#drinkeatrelax - 4 of 27 flavors of bacon
Cinnamon, Pepper, Brown Sugar, and Jalapeño
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The calm before the crowd arrives
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Rob Anderson Fresco #Chocolate - #GoodFoodAwards
Jeff Shepherd, Lillie Belle Farms #Chocolate #GoodFoodAwards
Colin Gasko of Rogue #Chocolate - #GoodFoodAwards
FCIA Meeting Highlight: New Heirloom #Cacao Program Announced
Cafe d'Alsace at today's #GetRealNY #BeerBarFest
Oxtail, lamb shoulder, smoked bacon, veggies, potatoes white wine - braised for hours. YUM! Paired w/ Allagash black stout. Sure cure for the winter blues. 88th/2nd, NYC.
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Bronx Alehhouse offerings at today's #GetRealNY #BeerBarFest
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One of the pairings at today's #GetRealNY #BeerBarFest
Prosciutto Pizza w/ arugula, olive oil, and honey - Victory Festbier
Wintry White Pizza w/ cured pork, leeks, herbed ricotta cream - Baladin Nora
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One of the pairings at today's #GetRealNY #Beer#Bar
Courtesy of Guilty Goose, Lagunitas, and Wandering Star
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Off to NYC for #BeerBar #GetRealNY
Three hours eighteen minutes and counting.
Q: "What About Love?" A: "Over-rated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of #chocolate." #QOTD from "Devil's Advocate."
The question was asked by the character played by Keanu Reeves. The answer was given by the character played by Al Pacino.About Me
Clay GordonI am the creator and community leader of TheChocolateLife (www.thechocolatelife.com), an on-line community for chocolate fans, with (as of Oct 23, 2010) over 3500 members representing more than 100 countries on six continents.
I am also the author of Discover Chocolate (www.aerbook.com/discoverchocolate/) which was a finalist in the 2008 IACP Cookbook Awards in the technical/reference category.
I have been writing about chocolate professionally since 2001 when I started publishing chocophile.com. I began my research into chocolate in early 1994.
In addition to writing about chocolate, I consult to chocolatiers and chocolate makers and organize international travel programs to cacao-growing countries and chocolate events. In 2010, travel destinations included Belize and Paris (for the Salon du Chocolat).
