On a modest corner of Colorado Blvd in Pasadena stands a burgeoning chocolate empire. There are signs of a company born of a pandemic; a stack of brand-new chairs across from a …
Let’s dig into how chocolate is grown! For starters, chocolate, or cacao, begins its life on a farm. The Theobroma Cacao tree grows 20˚ North and 20˚ South of the Equator and spread from its origins in the area that …
Ruth here, fresh from the Fine Chocolate Industry Association meeting and teeming with all fresh batch of chocolate news!
First, I’m excited to announce a new addition to the Gourmandise family; we have obtained a cocoa winnower from Cocoatown for …
Paris was my first home; the 7th arrondissement, a few blocks flanked by blvd. St. Germain, rue du Bac and the rue de Grenelle that housed the poisonnier, boulanger and tabac where my Mamie and I greeted, shopped for and …
Chocolate runs through our blood at Gourmandise like no other ingredient. It’s there for us in the morning on a thick slice of sourdough bread, toasted and studded with milk chocolate pieces melting atop the toast like heaven on …
A strong, resilient food economy is one that is localized and accountable to all its participants. Bakers who know their millers are inherently tied to the farmers who supply the mill with wheat. A baker connected to their miller can …
“This is the best cookie/croissant/sourdough I’ve ever had” is the most common phrase uttered in our baking classes. Our secret weapons? Sonora, Spelt, Hard White, and Rye are the rainbow of whole grain flours in our arsenal.
Our goal as …
