Lunch @ Cyrus

I've been pretty busy, so I'm late to post this review, but I took fairly extensive tasting notes during my meal, so hopefully I can remember and capture most of the details here.  But unfortunately, I do think some details have slipped my mind.  Note to self: make sure to write posts within a day of dining! Anyway, last Saturday, we headed to Cyrus for lunch.  Cyrus is a two Michelin starred restaurant located up in Healdsburg.  I went there a...

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Snake & Butterfly Chocolate

Today I attended one of the Artisan's Markets at Williams-Sonoma.  They hold these once a month, and bring in assorted merchants each time.  One of the vendors today was Snake & Butterfly, a local chocolate maker.  I've encountered them at a few other events, but I've never really been that into their chocolate.  The bars are all made with 62% dark chocolate. Notes on the bars I've tried.  As always, multiple tastings are reflected in brackets. Bacon toffee: "A distinctive blend of beans...

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Xocolatl de David

Today my local amazing chocolate shop (Fog City News) had a guest chocolatier on site: David Briggs, from Xoxolatl de David.  I'd tried several of his bars before at the now-defunct weekly tasting events they used to hold, and had been very impressed.  I was really excited to go today to get a chance to try even more of his products!  Unfortunately, he only had two that I hadn't tried before to sample, even though he makes many more varieties. His...

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