I can't tell you how many times I've driven past this place in the
last two years that they've been open, just busy I guess.

Yesterday on impulse I pulled in and am I ever happy I did.

http://www.kokoscornerblog.com/mycor...colatier-.html

or
http://tinyurl.com/2bqjcda

Squeaks and I are looking forwad to the chocolate candy making classes
she offers.

koko
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www.kokoscornerblog.com
Updated 11/21/10

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wrote:
> I can't tell you how many times I've driven past this place in the
> last two years that they've been open, just busy I guess.
>
> Yesterday on impulse I pulled in and am I ever happy I did.
>
> http://www.kokoscornerblog.com/mycor...colatier-.html
>
> or
> http://tinyurl.com/2bqjcda



Wow, that looks/sounds wonderful. It will go on the list for the
next San Diego area trip. Thanks!

gloria p

On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 10:30:02 -0800, wrote:

> Squeaks and I are looking forwad to the chocolate candy making classes
> she offers.

Let me guess - her husband does the barbecue gig, right?

Chocolate is to woman what barbecue is to men. They make their
respective genders groan and grunt.

-sw

Sqwertz wrote:

> Chocolate is to woman what barbecue is to men.

Classic. And so true. This would make a great bumpersticker.


--
Mort

On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 13:30:16 -0600, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 10:30:02 -0800, wrote:
>
>> Squeaks and I are looking forwad to the chocolate candy making classes
>> she offers.
>
>Let me guess - her husband does the barbecue gig, right?
>
>Chocolate is to woman what barbecue is to men. They make their
>respective genders groan and grunt.
>
>-sw

I think she's single.

koko
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www.kokoscornerblog.com
Updated 11/21/10

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www.apinchofspices.com

On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 12:08:48 -0800, wrote:

> On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 13:30:16 -0600, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 10:30:02 -0800, wrote:
>>
>>> Squeaks and I are looking forwad to the chocolate candy making classes
>>> she offers.
>>
>>Let me guess - her husband does the barbecue gig, right?
>>
>>Chocolate is to woman what barbecue is to men. They make their
>>respective genders groan and grunt.
>
> I think she's single.

Who does the BBQ then? I don't see a chocolatier having time to do
barbecue.

-sw

In article >,
wrote:

> On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 13:30:16 -0600, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
> >On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 10:30:02 -0800, wrote:
> >
> >> Squeaks and I are looking forwad to the chocolate candy making classes
> >> she offers.
> >
> >Let me guess - her husband does the barbecue gig, right?
> >
> >Chocolate is to woman what barbecue is to men. They make their
> >respective genders groan and grunt.
> >
> >-sw
>
> I think she's single.

Oh. Does Bill know about that?

:-)

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 13:04:05 -0800, Dan Abel > wrote:

>In article >,
> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 13:30:16 -0600, Sqwertz >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 10:30:02 -0800, wrote:
>> >
>> >> Squeaks and I are looking forwad to the chocolate candy making classes
>> >> she offers.
>> >
>> >Let me guess - her husband does the barbecue gig, right?
>> >
>> >Chocolate is to woman what barbecue is to men. They make their
>> >respective genders groan and grunt.
>> >
>> >-sw
>>
>> I think she's single.
>
>Oh. Does Bill know about that?
>
>:-)

Dang, I didn't dig_that_deep into her website. Thanks for correcting
me, I wouldn't want to say she's single if she isn't.

koko
--
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James Beard

www.kokoscornerblog.com
Updated 11/21/10

Natural Watkins Spices
www.apinchofspices.com

On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 14:53:15 -0800, arranged random
neurons and said:

>On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 13:04:05 -0800, Dan Abel > wrote:
>
>>In article >,
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 13:30:16 -0600, Sqwertz >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> >On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 10:30:02 -0800, wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Squeaks and I are looking forwad to the chocolate candy making classes
>>> >> she offers.
>>> >
>>> >Let me guess - her husband does the barbecue gig, right?
>>> >
>>> >Chocolate is to woman what barbecue is to men. They make their
>>> >respective genders groan and grunt.
>>> >
>>> >-sw
>>>
>>> I think she's single.
>>
>>Oh. Does Bill know about that?
>>
>>:-)
>
>Dang, I didn't dig_that_deep into her website. Thanks for correcting
>me, I wouldn't want to say she's single if she isn't.

Koko, sweetie, come sit over here by me <patting the sofa> I think
Sqwertz was talking about me when he said, "her husband does the
barbecue gig..."

Now, tell Auntie Squeaks how many G&Ts you've had this afternoon?
<blink!><blink!><blink!>

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--

"If the soup had been as warm as the wine,
if the wine had been as old as the turkey,
and if the turkey had had a breast like the maid,
it would have been a swell dinner." Duncan Hines


To reply, remove "spambot" and replace it with "cox"

wrote in :


>
> I think she's single.
>



Her married name is Isabella Mayrhofer.


"Valencia first came to the U.S. on an internship at a resort in the Poconos
Mountains. It was there that she met her husband, Alex. After returning to
Austria for a while, the Westgate Hotel’s general manager, George Hochfilzer,
also Austrian, recruited the couple to work at the downtown San Diego hotel
for a year and a half.

“The idea was that we’d go back home to Austria after 18 months,” she said,
“but with an American husband I was able to get a green card and I was
promoted to manage the gourmet shop."


Read mo http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-10...-food-wine/to-
market-restaurant-food-wine/to-market-dallmann-confections-candyland-in-el-
cajon#ixzz15xscAmNM

--
Peter Lucas
Hobart
Tasmania

The act of feeding someone is an act of beauty,
whether it's a full Sunday roast or a jam sandwich,
but only when done with love.

On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:02:32 GMT, Aussie wrote:

> wrote in :
>>
>> I think she's single.
>
> Her married name is Isabella Mayrhofer.
>
> "Valencia first came to the U.S. on an internship at a resort in the Poconos
> Mountains...

Talk about Instant Stalker!

I find it disturbing that Peter latches onto people Koko mentions.

-sw (smoking a pork butt)

On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:02:32 GMT, Aussie
> wrote:

wrote in :
>
>
>>
>> I think she's single.
>>
>
>
>
>Her married name is Isabella Mayrhofer.
>
>
>"Valencia first came to the U.S. on an internship at a resort in the Poconos
>Mountains. It was there that she met her husband, Alex. After returning to
>Austria for a while, the Westgate Hotel’s general manager, George Hochfilzer,
>also Austrian, recruited the couple to work at the downtown San Diego hotel
>for a year and a half.
>
>“The idea was that we’d go back home to Austria after 18 months,” she said,
>“but with an American husband I was able to get a green card and I was
>promoted to manage the gourmet shop."
>
>
>Read mo http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-10...-food-wine/to-
>market-restaurant-food-wine/to-market-dallmann-confections-candyland-in-el-
>cajon#ixzz15xscAmNM

Thanks for the info Peter. I need to take the time to read her bio.
I'm sure her life is very interesting. She did briefly mention some of
it though.

I would have loved to have taken more time with her, but I popped in
out of the blue and I know she has a lot of "top end" clients who's
orders she needs to fill.
She makes it all by hand, no machinery so I didn't want to intrude too
much.

Perhaps sometime in the near future I'll have more time with her.

koko
--
Food is our common ground, a universal experience
James Beard

www.kokoscornerblog.com
Updated 11/21/10

Natural Watkins Spices
www.apinchofspices.com

wrote in
:

> On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:02:32 GMT, Aussie
> > wrote:
>
wrote in
m:
>>
>>
>>>
>>> I think she's single.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Her married name is Isabella Mayrhofer.
>>
>>
>>"Valencia first came to the U.S. on an internship at a resort in the
>>Poconos Mountains. It was there that she met her husband, Alex. After
>>returning to Austria for a while, the Westgate Hotel’s general manager,
>>George Hochfilzer, also Austrian, recruited the couple to work at the
>>downtown San Diego hotel for a year and a half.
>>
>>“The idea was that we’d go back home to Austria after 18 months,” she
>>said, “but with an American husband I was able to get a green card and I
>>was promoted to manage the gourmet shop."
>>
>>
>>Read mo
>>http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-10...-food-wine/to-
>>market-restaurant-food-wine/to-market-dallmann-confections-candyland-in-
e
>>l- cajon#ixzz15xscAmNM
>
> Thanks for the info Peter.


No sweat. Only took a few seconds to bring it up :-)


> I need to take the time to read her bio.
> I'm sure her life is very interesting. She did briefly mention some of
> it though.


I found the family history pretty interesting..... talk about a one track
family!!

And she started on her current path after getting 'dudded' by "Mainly
Mozart".


>
> I would have loved to have taken more time with her, but I popped in
> out of the blue and I know she has a lot of "top end" clients who's
> orders she needs to fill.
> She makes it all by hand, no machinery so I didn't want to intrude too
> much.


When you see stuff being made like that it makes you appreciate the hard
work that goes into it, and you don't feel ripped off when you pay a tad
more for the product.

We've got a couple of choclatiers around here, and they were good to start
with, but progressed onto using machinary to pump out the volume
needed..... and granted, the chocolates are still great, but they're still
charging what they were charging when they were doing it all by hand.


>
> Perhaps sometime in the near future I'll have more time with her.
>


On Junior Masterchef recently, one of my favourites was an 11yo boy called
Sam.

The very first dish that he made when he started cooking, and still makes,
was a French Quarters Cake with tempered chocolate, whipped cream,
strawberries and raspberries.

Watching an 11yo kid tempering chocolate, and doing it well, was a blast!!
Most adults can't do it!!

http://www.masterchef.com.au/junior-sam.htm


The first 14 dishes on this page were made by the kids.......

http://www.masterchef.com.au/invention-test.htm


--
Peter Lucas
Hobart
Tasmania

The act of feeding someone is an act of beauty,
whether it's a full Sunday roast or a jam sandwich,
but only when done with love.

On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 13:30:16 -0600, Sqwertz wrote:

> On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 10:30:02 -0800, wrote:
>
>> Squeaks and I are looking forwad to the chocolate candy making classes
>> she offers.
>
> Let me guess - her husband does the barbecue gig, right?
>
> Chocolate is to woman what barbecue is to men. They make their
> respective genders groan and grunt.
>
> -sw

sounds vaguely sexual.

your pal,
blake

On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 10:30:02 -0800, wrote:

>
>I can't tell you how many times I've driven past this place in the
>last two years that they've been open, just busy I guess.
>
>Yesterday on impulse I pulled in and am I ever happy I did.
>
>http://www.kokoscornerblog.com/mycor...colatier-.html
>
>or
>http://tinyurl.com/2bqjcda
>
>Squeaks and I are looking forwad to the chocolate candy making classes
>she offers.
>
>koko

Next time I visit my brother who teaches at UCSD, I am going to take a
detour to that shop.

I am salivating already.

Boron

wrote in :

>
> I can't tell you how many times I've driven past this place in the
> last two years that they've been open, just busy I guess.
>
> Yesterday on impulse I pulled in and am I ever happy I did.
>
> http://www.kokoscornerblog.com/mycor...colatier-.html
>
> or
> http://tinyurl.com/2bqjcda
>


Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, Yum!!

(The chocolates, that is!!)




--
Peter Lucas
Hobart
Tasmania

The act of feeding someone is an act of beauty,
whether it's a full Sunday roast or a jam sandwich,
but only when done with love.

On Nov 21, 10:30*am, wrote:
> I can't tell you how many times I've driven past this place in the
> last two years that they've been open, just busy I guess.
>
> Yesterday on impulse I pulled in and am I ever happy I did.
>
> http://www.kokoscornerblog.com/mycor...n-chocolatier-....
>
> orhttp://tinyurl.com/2bqjcda
>
> Squeaks and I are looking forwad to the chocolate candy making classes
> she offers.
>
> koko

Donnelly's Chocolates in Santa Cruz offers the same deal. He also has
ice cream.

When the weather is warm he packs a frozen bottle of water with the
chocolates.

One cool feature is a picture of his old man with JFK.

koko wrote:

> http://www.kokoscornerblog.com/mycor...colatier-.html

Ever been to one of the Chuao shops in the San Diego area?

Bob

On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 04:43:09 -0800, "Bob Terwilliger"
> wrote:

>koko wrote:
>
>> http://www.kokoscornerblog.com/mycor...colatier-.html
>
>Ever been to one of the Chuao shops in the San Diego area?
>
>Bob

No, what are they and where are they?

koko
--
Food is our common ground, a universal experience
James Beard

www.kokoscornerblog.com
Updated 11/21/10

Natural Watkins Spices
www.apinchofspices.com

koko asked about Chuao chocolatiers:

> what are they and where are they?

They're artisanal chocolatiers located all around the San Diego area. Their
chocolates are made somewhere in the northern part of the county, Carlsbad
or Oceanside, but they've got several "cafes" in the more-populated areas.
When I visited San Diego last month I stopped in at their shop in UTC.

http://www.chuaochocolatier.com/ is their not-very-good web site which tells
more about their extremely-good chocolate, including where to find them.

Bob

On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 06:06:40 -0800, "Bob Terwilliger"
> wrote:

>koko asked about Chuao chocolatiers:
>
>> what are they and where are they?
>
>They're artisanal chocolatiers located all around the San Diego area. Their
>chocolates are made somewhere in the northern part of the county, Carlsbad
>or Oceanside, but they've got several "cafes" in the more-populated areas.
>When I visited San Diego last month I stopped in at their shop in UTC.
>
>http://www.chuaochocolatier.com/ is their not-very-good web site which tells
>more about their extremely-good chocolate, including where to find them.
>
>Bob

Thanks, I'll check it out. We also have Eclipse Chocolates. A couple
of years ago they hosted a San Diego Food Bloggers mixer, it was a
wonerful experience. The first time I ever had a goat cheese dark
chocolate panini.
http://www.eclipsechocolat.com/

koko
--
Food is our common ground, a universal experience
James Beard

www.kokoscornerblog.com
Updated 11/21/10

Natural Watkins Spices
www.apinchofspices.com