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2011 Chocolate Year in Review
2011 Chocolate Year in Review
On By Andy Ciordia / 0 comments
2011 was an amazing, turbulent, extremely hard working year for us at The Secret Chocolatier. Every year is a hard working year for us. There are only 4 of us... Read more
Twelve, an Uptown Charlotte Holiday Market
On By Andy Ciordia / 0 comments
The Center City Green Market in Charlotte has been bouncing around the last couple of years uptown and while our own commitments have precluded us from being as involved as we’d like we still like to support local farms, artisans, and crafters in our region. Ted Boyd had a simple idea that took a lot of engineering to deliver. Take an empty box store in the center of the city and turn it into a beautiful holiday market. With little time to spare he and his team of volunteers pulled... Read more
What is Holiday Chocolate?
On By Andy Ciordia / 0 comments
When you close your eyes and let your taste buds and memories swim around, what gets conjured when you think of holiday chocolate? In the northern hemisphere it has become much cooler and with the stack of holiday’s around the corner we’re getting pretty festive around here. One question that we really wanted to research was what taste evocations does the holiday season mean to you? Cool Mints, Alpine Peaks Is it the peppermint fantasia’s, something I used to get as a child at a local cafe. A hot chocolate... Read more