I've been trying a variety of high cacao content chocolate lately and my favorite so far is Scharffen Berger chocolate, made in Berkeley California. You can get a 9.7 ounce 70% cacao bittersweet chocolate bar in the bakery section for a little over 10 dollars. That's a good deal compared to the 1 ounce individual bars of the same chocolate in the candy section that go for over 2 dollars.I guessing John Sharffenberger's experience as a vineyard owner and winemaker helped him create chocolate with such a great combination of flavor and mouth feel.
He's written a cookbook The Essence of Chocolate
with Robert Steinberg, the cofounder of the Scharffen Berger chocolate factory. It got a perfect 5 stars at Amazon.com from 16 out of 17 reviewers. One person gave it 2 stars because they are upset the Sharffen Berger Chocolate was sold to Hershey. The front of the book even looks good to eat -
This YouTube video is a demo of the Scharffen Berger flourless almond chocolate cake, one of the Favorite Recipes at the Scharffen Berger website.
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Postscript - March 5, 2008
It's a strange juxtaposition to think about buying a 10 dollar chocolate bar and watch this video from Max Lange the founder of Childcare Worldwide
It's a strange juxtaposition to think about buying a 10 dollar chocolate bar and watch this video from Max Lange the founder of Childcare Worldwide
