Food. What a habit.
Last night, for "dinner," I had a little supermarket-cooked "rotisserie chicken," (tastes just like chicken, don'tcha know), a tablespoon of lukewarm rice that takes 90 seconds to heat up, two small seedless oranges and a teaspoon of Nestlé semi-sweet chocolate morsels... Nestlé, the quality of whose chocolate seems to be following the downward chocolate spiral of Hershey, an American 'chocolate' provider whose offerings become less and less chocolate-y in a bid, I presume, for greater or equal profit.
I do love good chocolate, but it seems to be harder and harder to find outside the European brands. It may look like chocolate and I may wish it were chocolate, but it increasingly reaches the taste buds as some sort of filler.
Bleah.
Last night, for "dinner," I had a little supermarket-cooked "rotisserie chicken," (tastes just like chicken, don'tcha know), a tablespoon of lukewarm rice that takes 90 seconds to heat up, two small seedless oranges and a teaspoon of Nestlé semi-sweet chocolate morsels... Nestlé, the quality of whose chocolate seems to be following the downward chocolate spiral of Hershey, an American 'chocolate' provider whose offerings become less and less chocolate-y in a bid, I presume, for greater or equal profit.
I do love good chocolate, but it seems to be harder and harder to find outside the European brands. It may look like chocolate and I may wish it were chocolate, but it increasingly reaches the taste buds as some sort of filler.
Bleah.
Chocolate Brands to consider:
ReplyDeleteGhiradelli
https://www.ghirardelli.com
In a similar decline as Nestle and Hershey
But Cooks Illustrated still judges their chips the best. They may be available in better stocked supermarkets.
Lake Champaign Chocolates
https://www.lakechamplainchocolates.com/
My current favorite.
Full array of chocolate from cocoa powder and nibs to truffles.
Order online. Whole Foods used to carry a few items.
Do a search for Chocolate Expo 2019 for a traveling show of mainly smaller operations.
You might want to order online instead of schlepping to the Expos then finding out the stalls are out of stock.
Example: Local Stores in Brooklyn
https://bklyner.com/best-chocolate-in-brooklyn/
Use Yelp.com to find chocolate shops near you.
DeleteRoad Trip for Chocolate!
Ghirardelli Ice Cream & Chocolate Shop
6 North Market
#N2053
Boston, MA 2109
Sunday- Thursday: 10am - 9pm
Friday & Saturday: 10am-10pm
(617)722-4169