Richard Huynh came to our production team from a life cooking professionally in kitchens like Mission Chinese, and he's become known around these parts for his culinary experiments with chocolate. He's a bit of a kitchen wizard, and we're really excited every time he...
Richard is a chocolate maker at our Valencia St. factory, and as a former line cook, he's been eagerly experimenting with ways to bring cacao husk into his culinary endeavors. Here, he gives us a primer on his most recent adventures: smoking meat and making charcoal...
Our friend and collaborator Rob Easter (Workhorse Rye) makes some of the best bitters in the bay. Here, he lets us in on a few of his secrets and how the Salted Cacao bitters came to be. I never wanted to make chocolate bitters. I have made drinks with molé...
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...