Although almost every restaurant has a chocolate dessert that promises to shine, I’ve eaten many disappointing flourless chocolate cakes, ice creams, puddings and the like, that did not make for a brilliant ending to the evening. So while wandering around Québec City a couple weeks ago, I was happy to stumble on Restaurant l’Échaudé, a bistro [...]
As we head into Fall, we’ll be making some changes to our hours of operation:
Beginning September 2nd, the Shop will be open Thursday through Saturday for all your chocolate needs. As we head into December, we will once again extend Shop hours to allow ample time to find the perfect gift for all those chocolate [...]
Sarah of ‘Girls and Bicycles‘ road her bike over to the Shop with some friends this past Friday to check things out. You can find her post, with tons of great photos and thoughts, here.
After a couple months of searching and testing, we have found an excellent iced drinking chocolate recipe to serve up at the Shop this summer. And after getting together with Cafe Leva to create some 80% Valrhona chocolate gelato, we have one of the best ice cream sandwiches in the City.
Yesterday we invited our newsletter [...]
This past Saturday evening on 104th was quite lovely - after a day full of Al Fresco festivities, a bunch of Edmontonians gathered outdoors at 10pm to watch Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp in ‘Chocolat’ . We had bars, creme fraiche and bacon brittle peanut butter truffles, and frozen dark drinking chocolate on hand to complement [...]
We’ve been working on some new things in the Shop lately, so here’s a peek at some of our newest creations now out in the shop:
Packages of milk, white and dark Mendiants are now sitting pretty next to the Meltaways. Flavours are fleur de sel, vanilla bean and fruit and nut.
Outside of our Mothers’ Day [...]
We’ve got some great new bars in the shop right now, as well as some old favourites…
The popular Zotter bars have returned in fun new flavours, like Olive and Lemon, Candied Ginger, and Celery, Truffle and Port Wine. The Strawberry and ever popular Bacon versions are out as well.
There are more dark-milk Bonnat bars for [...]
Compared to the likes of Amedei, Pralus and Cluizel, Amano is a relatively new chocolatier, who started up in 2006 in the Rocky Mountains of Utah. Although only four years old, Amano has come out of the gate strong, picking up more than a few awards from the Academy of Chocolate in 2009.
Opening any Amano [...]
At least we had some warm weather over the long weekend, but obviously spring is more elusive than many of us thought. In the mean time, we’ve got some perfect treats to last you until the warm weather re-appears.
We had some fun new Claudio Corallo selections arrive in the Shop this past week. More of [...]
If you love organic chocolate, there are still some tickets left for our organic chocolate tasting on Wednesday, April 14th.
We’ve added a new tasting on Wednesday, April 28th, that will feature 10 different milk and dark chocolates. As always, the essential bit of history and information on T. cacao will be included.
In addition to tastings, we [...]
We are having another Easter Egg Hunt this year! Although last year’s event was a huge success, we have decided to make the 2010 hunt digital! Here’s how you can get some ganaches on us:
Pictures of Kerstin and Angie’s chocolate tour around Paris have recently been posted on our blog. There are four eggs hidden throughout the [...]
The Shop is full of all sorts of colourful Easter treats right now!
We have three types of Easter eggs - a small, house made marshmallow filled egg, a medium sized, hand painted hollow egg, and a large egg filled with crunchy Valrhona pearls. All the eggs come in white, milk, and dark, and the medium [...]
In addition to all the Easter chocolate, new truffle flavours are packing the confection case - Banoffee Pie, Vanilla Caramel, Orange Blossom, Peanut Butter & Saskatoon Berry Jam and Cherry Blossom.
We’ve received new Madagascar bars from Madécasse - a 63% ‘mellow’ and a 67% ’smooth’ - as well as a brand new batch of Pralus bars, including [...]
Many of you have been requesting more of the Theo Salted Caramels we had in the Shop over Christmas, and I am happy to report they have returned!
The Ghost Chile is back, along with two new Spring flavours: Rose and Lavender.
We also received a couple exciting Easter bars from them - a dark, ‘Toasted Coconut‘ [...]
Kerstin brought back all sorts of treats from Paris for us to test at the Shop. My favourite quickly became the mint ganache by Patrick Roger - it was infused with a heavy concentration of mint, and the impact was amazing… it seemed as though I had just eaten a bunch of fresh mint leaves!
While [...]
It’s lovely and sunny out today, and we just received a bunch of new treats from France! We received a new order of Michel Cluizel’s bars, sardines and nougat mushrooms. Also, the beautiful criollo cacao pod ganaches pictured below, will be out in the store next week!
Also new, are Barnier caramels in a very fun lollipop [...]
The Edmonton Journal released an article last week on the City’s infatuation with all things bacon… Both the Zotter bars and the chocolate covered bacon, available at Kerstin’s, were referenced in the article, so we thought we’d better clarify the status of our bacon and chocolate treats.
We did get some Zotter Bacon Bits bars in [...]
Madagascar chocolate is an easy sell for me - I love the flavour of dried fruits, the slight spiciness, and mostly, the citrus. Of course, Valrhona was the one to step up with this flavoured bar, studded with candied orange rind, to give their 64% Manjari that extra edge. Valrhona’s efforts did not go unnoticed [...]
We know many of you have been waiting for the re-appearance of this bar, and after a long search for orange rind, we now have some Mad Orange Pistachio ready to go! They are sitting pretty along with the other Chocophilia bars once again.
We’ve been waiting not-so-patiently for our order of Zotter truffle bars to arrive, and they are finally here! Black Cherries with Vanilla, Cheese-Walnuts-Raisins, Marc de Champagne, Pink Grapefruit, Bacon Bits, With Love (a combo of raspberry, almond and coconut) are all waiting to be scooped up.
Last week I reported that we were sold out of [...]
Laurie Blakeman will be hosting ‘Chocolate Fusion‘ at Rutherford House (11153 Saskatchewan Drive) on Thursday March 4th, from 7-9pm.
The event will feature presentations from three of Edmonton’s chocolatiers:
Jacqueline Jacek of Jacek Chocolate Couture
Dennis Yurkiwsky of Chocolate Exquisite
And, of course, Kerstin Roos
Ed Fong of deVine Wines and Spirits will also be there, with what I’m sure will be [...]
We have just received a new shipment of Amedei bars and hot chocolate! More Porcelana, Gianduja, Toscana Black (63% or 70%), Toscana Red (with raspberry, strawberry, and cherry… lots of these have been scooped up already), and Toscana Blond (with pistachios) are on the shelf. And we still have the Chuao and the award winning [...]
Our Fleur de Sel, Passion Fruit and Crème Brûlée truffles are now available in singles at Da Capo (8738 109 Street). A little chocolate is certainly the perfect way to finish off your cappuccino… or espresso, or latte, or anything else, really. Enjoy!
*Cappuccino by Mark
We’ve got new dates scheduled for tastings and chocolate making workshops!
Chocolate tastings are a great way to introduce yourself to the world of chocolate, or to find a new bar to fall in love with. Find out about the history of chocolate, the mystery behind single origin bars, and what to look for when buying [...]
Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate the Shop’s second anniversary with us! We had a great time, and hope you left with all your chocolate cravings satisfied.
Thank you also, to all those who gave us input on the new Saffron-Rose bar. We ended up making versions in both white and dark chocolate, [...]