Spotlight on Artisanal, Ethically Sourced, Delicious CHOCOLATE!

Now that the mass market kids’ chocolate is out of your house (you did give it all away on Halloween right?), it’s time to dip into the grown-up stuff.  And no one is doing better (and very) grown-up chocolate these days than Christina Kim of Secret Garden Chocolate and Korita Chocolate.  Come sample her wildly creative and delicious work and learn how she creates it from bean to bar on Thursday, November 7.  Just reserve your spots at one of four 30-minute sessions and get ready to be wowed and charmed.

From her chocolatier start (making a homemade Ferrero Rocher for her sister's birthday in 2017), Christina has moved through visiting chocolate growers in Peru and exploring the intersection of chocolate, herbs and health through her first company, Secret Garden Chocolate.  A chance farmers’ market meeting with her now husband, Italian wine expert Attilio Laroza, led to the creation of Korita Chocolate to bring her work to a wider audience.  Like you!

While Christina shares her journey, stories of the farmers who grow her ethically source cacao, secrets of the chocolate making process and inspirations for her work, you’ll have the chance to nibble on:

Sicily - Pistachio & sea salt chocolate
Napoli - Colombian coffee chocolate
Piedmont - IGT Hazelnut chocolate
Panettone - Vanilla bean, raisin, orange peel chocolate
Maple Sugar - not chocolate, but delicious!

No Snicker’s or Hershey bars available, but we think you’ll get over that!  These are seriously good chocolates from a very serious chocolatier indeed. You’ll want to meet her – and enjoy the chocolate!

We’re offering four sessions of this 30-minute stand-up tasting in the main portion of the shop. There’s no fee to attend – just reserve your spots today and join us between 5 and 7pm Thursday, November 7.  One way or another, we think you’ll be ready for a sweet treat.