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Gnosis Hot Chocolate Holiday Party

You're Invited.

Gnosis Chocolate is celebrating Your Support in 2009 and the launch of
8 (yes Eight!) new flavors this month alone - including their very
first Truffle collection in a box made from cacao leaves. It's also
founder Vanessa Barg's (aka Chocolate Girl) birthday.

Come Join Us (I'll be there) and wear FIERY colors! There will be:
UNLIMITED Gnosis Chocolate - SPICY Drinking Chocolate - a Raw Food &
Elixir Bar - Amazing Music - NonStop Dancing - Beautiful Community -
and some surprises...

Tickets are $25 if you register online - Please help us plan your
goodies by preregistering NOW! Go to www.nychocolateparty.com.

:: Clay
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Sightings :: Vanderbilt Market in GCT

In The Mariasch Studios stand. Made in the USA.

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Sightings: Nunu Chocolates

Union Square Holiday Market

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Askinosie Chocolate selected as one of 10 best places in USA to savor winter's flavor by Bon Appetit

Bon Appetit restaurant editor Andrew Knowlton selected Askinosie
Chocolate as one of the 10 Best Place in the USA to savor winter's
flavor. Askinosie is in some heavy company and is, in fact, the only
non-restaurant to make the list:

Cochon - New Orleans

Sfoglia - New York

Vetri - Philadelphia

Humphrey Slocombe - San Francisco

Komi  - Washington, D.C.

The Publican - Chicago

Askinosie - Springfield, Mo.

"Since there's not a lot of sunlight in the winter, you need
chocolate. It's your sunshine," Knowlton says. To satisfy your
chocolate fix, try Askinosie. The company specializes in bean-to-bar
chocolates, working directly with farmers from around the world to
find the best chocolate. Restaurants around the country use their
chocolates, but you can also scoop some up online. (www.askinosie.com)

Nostrana  - Portland, Ore.

Drink - Boston

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/10great/2009-12-03-winter-dining_N.htm
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SAVE THE WORLD, SAVE THE DATE: ChrismaHanuKwanzakah December 16th

Join the Global Giving Circle on Wednesday, December 16th at 7pm for their first annual holiday party and gift emporium: ChrismaHanuKwanzakah: A Holiday Anxiety Spectacular at Galapagos Art Space in Dumbo, Brooklyn. Each ticket includes a glass of white/red wine or a non-alcoholic beverage, holiday treats and party favors!

Entertainment for the evening will be provided by improv geniuses – members of the fearless Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre who will take the audience’s tales of holiday dysfunction and springboard them into side-splitting hilarity. Ticket sales will benefit Urban Arts Partnership, a non-profit organization that provides arts programs to underserved inner city public schools in New York.

In addition to the evening’s performances, the Global Giving Circle will solve your holiday shopping needs with their lively gift emporium: Global Gifts That Matter. You’ll find jewelry, handicrafts, organic chocolates, 100% recycled handmade sandals, bags, purses and many more amazing, innovative gifts. All purchases help support fantastic organizations doing humanitarian work. With prices ranging from $10-$100, it’s never been this easy to make a loved one happy AND make the world a better place! For tickets go to: http://globalgivingcircle.eventbrite.com/

Can’t make it or want to get your shopping done before December 16th, please visit the GGC’s online gift shop at www.globalgiftsthatmatter.org.

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An impressionistic view of Rococo

The quirky exterior, full of character, leads to a comfortably warm and inviting interior. The specialty is traditional French-style confections.

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Rococo Chocolates - Belgrave Sq

The famous shop that is a foundation of the London chocolate scene.

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William Curley's new shop in London

Last-minute tweaks before the opening.

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Al-Nassma Camel Milk Chocolate

Taste it if you ever get the chance. You have nothing to lose but your preconceptions.

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Waiting for the results of the 1st Brooklyn Chocolate Experiment

On Stage are all 23 competitors ...

Complete results:

Judges' Awards
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3rd - Attic Sugar Bakery
Chocolate Hazelnut Brownies
2nd - Bonnie Suarez
Roasted Cauliflower w/ chocolate black beans
1st - Roopa Marcello
Thai Chocolate Ice Cream

Sweet Hon Mention - Alyssa Lees
Chocolate Souffle Cakes

Savory Hon Mention - Lei Takahashi
Pig In Drag

People's Choice
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3rd - Team Peanut
Vegetarian Chocolate Chipotle Chili
2nd - Lei Takahashi
1st - Roopa Marcello

Nick & Theo Prize
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Pervais Shallwani
Chocolate Hush Puppies

 

 

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