Calling All Pastry Chefs!

Calling All Pastry Chefs!

We’ve had a great run this summer with our guest pastry chefs. From Kika’s s’mores to Jenn’s amazing cheesecake bars and the Babes’ pies, it’s been so much fun hosting such talented chefs. As the summer begins to wind down,...
Chocolate Plus Bourbon

Chocolate Plus Bourbon

We’ve been on a roll, Michael and I, teaming up to combine our respective loves of bourbon and chocolate. Upstairs in Hi Lo’s loft, a quick turn ’round the block from Dandelion’s factory, we recently hosted our fourth event, tasting...
Won’t you take me to…COCOATOWN?!?

Won’t you take me to…COCOATOWN?!?

Or rather Cocoatown came to us! Our two new melangers are up and running and we have retired our first melanger–fondly known as Granny–to only be used in case one breaks. This brings us up to a total of five working melangers! Here’s our buff team...
Dandelions in Belize, want to join us?

Dandelions in Belize, want to join us?

Two months ago I returned from a trip to Belize. Cynthia and I spent a week staying at Cotton Tree Lodge and working with Maya Mountain Cacao in order to learn more about their approach to buying, fermenting, drying, and shipping cacao. While there are some consistent...
Cheese puns and endless jealousy

Cheese puns and endless jealousy

We have the most amazing neighbors on Valencia Street. One of them, Sarah Dvorak, opened Mission Cheese in 2011 and became our very first wholesale customer in June of that year. She served our bars in a chocolate flight along with dried fruits and nuts. The Mission...