Sunday, February 3, 2019

dinner menu

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.

2 comments:

  1. Chocolate Brands to consider:
    Ghiradelli
    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.

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    1. Road 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

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