the Next Batch | bean to bar chocolate

the Next Batch | bean to bar chocolate

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Craft Talk

my best unsolicited chocolate advice
served up with a warm mug
4
a craft chocolate Q + A
don't mind me over here getting all mushy on the beauty of small batch chocolate
4
helpful things only a fellow chocolate maker would know & tell you
good people deserve good chocolate advice
creativity and the chocolate maker
beauty and the new bar idea beast: yes, there's a method to my madness
1
pairing salt with chocolate
let's make this short and sweet :) there's salty, and then there's all the salt choices
chocolate maker x maker talk
Listen now (10 mins) | our first-ever Next Batch maker x maker interview, and yes I basically just interviewed myself.
10:10
go-tools of the chocolate maker's trade
a bunch of things in my chocolate kitchen that I can't do without
7
bittersweet chocolate
what makes an expert an expert
7
steal like a chocolate maker
how to use other makers' tasting notes as a starting point
another craft chocolate recall
there's nothing clearer than the need for consistent bean to bar food safety routines
4
the cocoa bean quandary is now also a cocoa butter quandary
dear white and not-so-white chocolate, oh how we loved you
18
how not to put your chocolate eggs in one basket
and a list of questions and answers
4
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