Gourmet chocolate

I'm not a food connoisseur, but I like good food. I went to Cardullo's in Harvard Square today and returned with $mumble$ of specialty chocoate: two Ritter Sport milk chocolate bars with strawberry creme [favorably reviewed by all the candy blogs I was drooling over yesterday], a Vosges Red Fire Bar [ancho and chipotle chilies, cinnamon, 55% cacao] and a Vosges Mo's Bacon Bar [bacon, smoked salt, 45% cacao]. Here is a picture of my haul. Tasting reports later. ( Read more... )

Sardonix in Old Burying Ground, Harvard Square, Cambridge

I took about 40 shots this afternoon, but these three of Sardonix peeking out devilishly from the corner of a stone entranced me the most.( Read more... )

Ritter Sport milk chocolate with strawberry creme tasting

Verdict: Sweet, smooth milk chocolate blends with equally sweet and smooth cream filling with a sparky flavor from freeze-dried strawberries. The creaminess of the chocolate mixes well with the slightly lighter weight of the cream filling. This is a squishy, rich bar -- I could only eat half at once -- with a dominant, but complex, taste. The two sweetnesses together may be too much for some people, but I really liked it. This is delicious high-grade chocolate for a decent price. Buy it!

Soso conceptconcept

My Fairyland Realpuki is going to be named Noodge, and she's going to be Sardonix' dolly minion [aka scapegoat for Sardonix' mischief]. She was going to be a sweet little fairy doll, but the concept grew a life of its own. Sigh.

I can just see Sardonix now, waving her doll in front of Sarah. "Pay attention to my Noodge!"

"YOU'RE a noodge!"