The Lost Hot Chocolate

The Lost Hot Chocolate

Kaylen Baker—one of our café baristas—takes a look at hot chocolate through the eyes of one of history’s original gastronomes, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin.  It’s hard to forget your first hot chocolate. I sipped mine inside Angelina’s, off the rue de...
Dandelion Chocolate is Building a Parklet

Dandelion Chocolate is Building a Parklet

Parklet in front of Four Barrel Coffee (Photo by: San Francisco Planning Department) We are very excited to announce that this spring, Dandelion Chocolate will be building a parklet on Valencia Street.  To support the construction, labor, and materials of the...
Baking with Nibs: Cynthia’s Sticky Buns

Baking with Nibs: Cynthia’s Sticky Buns

I don’t always find the time to make sticky buns, but when I do, they never last long. These are not for those avoiding gluten or dairy or sugar, and each time I make them I love the way the ooey, gooey caramel glaze on top counteracts the bitterness of the nibs I use...