Best Chocolate in the World?
according to David Lebovitz, the best chocolate in the world may be found in the United States. gasp, not Belgian? not Swiss?
read on:
http://www.davidlebovitz.com/archives/2007/01/chocolatiers_an.html
speaking of chocolatiers, there's an awesome one in Harvard Sq. called L.A. Burdick's. they make the best hot chocolate, great handmade chocolate confections and sell all sorts of European style pastries (Linzertort, Zugerkirsch, macaroons, etc.). it's a tiny, cozy place that's always jam-packed. their coffee (Americano) is really good too.
i purchased some Burdick's chocolate boxes for my extended family as christmas presents last December. i bought one for my cousin who had visited me in Boston a while ago. i introduced him and his gf to Burdick's and he was bowled over by their hot chocolate. so of course i was looking forward to seeing his face when i handed him the chocolate but something went awry.
my mom accidentally moved the box from on top of the fridge to the kitchen table one morning. a few hours later, i returned home to a shredded box with chocolates strewn over the hallway carpet. Homer (our family dog) had decided the chocolate was fair game since it was on the kitchen table (ANY food left on the table is fair game) and he pounced on it.
i was SO peeved! worst thing is that he didn't even eat the chocolate. well, if he had eaten it, he may have gotten sick so i'm glad he didn't. on the other hand, i can't help but feel that it would serve him right if he did get a tad sick. he would finally learn to leave food on the kitchen table alone. sigh.
other chocolatier's that are very well-known:
ScharffenBerger (founded in Berkeley, CA)
Michael Recchiutti (located in SF Ferry Marketplace)
read on:
http://www.davidlebovitz.com/archives/2007/01/chocolatiers_an.html
speaking of chocolatiers, there's an awesome one in Harvard Sq. called L.A. Burdick's. they make the best hot chocolate, great handmade chocolate confections and sell all sorts of European style pastries (Linzertort, Zugerkirsch, macaroons, etc.). it's a tiny, cozy place that's always jam-packed. their coffee (Americano) is really good too.
i purchased some Burdick's chocolate boxes for my extended family as christmas presents last December. i bought one for my cousin who had visited me in Boston a while ago. i introduced him and his gf to Burdick's and he was bowled over by their hot chocolate. so of course i was looking forward to seeing his face when i handed him the chocolate but something went awry.
my mom accidentally moved the box from on top of the fridge to the kitchen table one morning. a few hours later, i returned home to a shredded box with chocolates strewn over the hallway carpet. Homer (our family dog) had decided the chocolate was fair game since it was on the kitchen table (ANY food left on the table is fair game) and he pounced on it.
i was SO peeved! worst thing is that he didn't even eat the chocolate. well, if he had eaten it, he may have gotten sick so i'm glad he didn't. on the other hand, i can't help but feel that it would serve him right if he did get a tad sick. he would finally learn to leave food on the kitchen table alone. sigh.
other chocolatier's that are very well-known:
ScharffenBerger (founded in Berkeley, CA)
Michael Recchiutti (located in SF Ferry Marketplace)
