Comments on: Gift o’ the Day: The Immaculate Confection http://manolobig.com/2007/12/04/gift-o-the-day-the-immaculate-confection/ Fashion, Lifestyle, and Humor for the Plus Sized Woman. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:50:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Rubiatonta http://manolobig.com/2007/12/04/gift-o-the-day-the-immaculate-confection/#comment-4222 Rubiatonta Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:51:33 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2007/12/04/gift-o-the-day-the-immaculate-confection/#comment-4222 I should mention that you can get their chocolates online, too. But there's something about those Richart boutiques that just can't compare with a web page. I should mention that you can get their chocolates online, too. But there’s something about those Richart boutiques that just can’t compare with a web page.

]]> By: Rubiatonta http://manolobig.com/2007/12/04/gift-o-the-day-the-immaculate-confection/#comment-4220 Rubiatonta Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:50:11 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2007/12/04/gift-o-the-day-the-immaculate-confection/#comment-4220 Good chocolate... mmmm... I'm a big fan of Richart, which I always try to pick up when I'm in San Francisco. Heaven. Good chocolate… mmmm… I’m a big fan of Richart, which I always try to pick up when I’m in San Francisco. Heaven.

]]> By: Eilish http://manolobig.com/2007/12/04/gift-o-the-day-the-immaculate-confection/#comment-4159 Eilish Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:34:25 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2007/12/04/gift-o-the-day-the-immaculate-confection/#comment-4159 On a related chocolate thought, I would like to mention Choctal, a marvelous chocolate ice cream line that Mr. Henry has mentioned over at Manolo's Food Blog. It is truly wonderful and I think qualifies as "really good chocolate" despite being ice cream. Mmmm. On a related chocolate thought, I would like to mention Choctal, a marvelous chocolate ice cream line that Mr. Henry has mentioned over at Manolo’s Food Blog. It is truly wonderful and I think qualifies as “really good chocolate” despite being ice cream. Mmmm.

]]> By: Violet http://manolobig.com/2007/12/04/gift-o-the-day-the-immaculate-confection/#comment-4153 Violet Wed, 05 Dec 2007 04:09:31 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2007/12/04/gift-o-the-day-the-immaculate-confection/#comment-4153 OK, to throw my hat in the ring: best truffles in the universe, right here, at reasonable prices. Go to Bittersweet Truffles. http://www.blackhoundny.com/chocolates.cfm More fun to go pick out flavors at the shop, of course, WHICH YOU CAN DO WHEN YOU COME TO NEW YORK. OK, to throw my hat in the ring: best truffles in the universe, right here, at reasonable prices. Go to Bittersweet Truffles. http://www.blackhoundny.com/chocolates.cfm

More fun to go pick out flavors at the shop, of course, WHICH YOU CAN DO WHEN YOU COME TO NEW YORK.

]]> By: Lunakitsch http://manolobig.com/2007/12/04/gift-o-the-day-the-immaculate-confection/#comment-4136 Lunakitsch Wed, 05 Dec 2007 01:32:43 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2007/12/04/gift-o-the-day-the-immaculate-confection/#comment-4136 If you want to try some amazing chocolate that has some similar flavor combinations but aren't quite as pricey, you should check out Gearhart's Fine Chocolates: http://www.gearhartschocolates.com/boxed.html I can never decide if my favorite is the Taj (bittersweet chocolate ganache, infused with candied ginger, cardamom, and rose, dipped in dark chocolate) or the Maya (rich, bittersweet chocolate ganache flavored with cinnamon, Ancho chilli, and orange, dusted with cocoa). If you want to try some amazing chocolate that has some similar flavor combinations but aren’t quite as pricey, you should check out Gearhart’s Fine Chocolates: http://www.gearhartschocolates.com/boxed.html

I can never decide if my favorite is the Taj (bittersweet chocolate ganache, infused with candied ginger, cardamom, and rose, dipped in dark chocolate) or the Maya (rich, bittersweet chocolate ganache flavored with cinnamon, Ancho chilli, and orange, dusted with cocoa).

]]> By: Jennie http://manolobig.com/2007/12/04/gift-o-the-day-the-immaculate-confection/#comment-4133 Jennie Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:47:10 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2007/12/04/gift-o-the-day-the-immaculate-confection/#comment-4133 If I may suggest, go to this web site and order a dozen or so of the best truffles in the US of A (LA Times said so!) Asheville's Chocolate Fetish. A guaranteed chocolate "O" in each bite along with some sultry moaning noises... www.chocolatefetish.com If I may suggest, go to this web site and order a dozen or so of the best truffles in the US of A (LA Times said so!) Asheville’s Chocolate Fetish. A guaranteed chocolate “O” in each bite along with some sultry moaning noises… www.chocolatefetish.com

]]> By: class-factotum http://manolobig.com/2007/12/04/gift-o-the-day-the-immaculate-confection/#comment-4119 class-factotum Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:54:18 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2007/12/04/gift-o-the-day-the-immaculate-confection/#comment-4119 I like the way you said "chocolate" and "good chocolate" because as we all know, there is no such thing as bad chocolate: there is the chocolate you eat in emergencies and there's nothing around but a 7-11 and a vending machine and then there's the great stuff you eat when you can get it. I like the way you said “chocolate” and “good chocolate” because as we all know, there is no such thing as bad chocolate: there is the chocolate you eat in emergencies and there’s nothing around but a 7-11 and a vending machine and then there’s the great stuff you eat when you can get it.

]]> By: Lisa Laree http://manolobig.com/2007/12/04/gift-o-the-day-the-immaculate-confection/#comment-4117 Lisa Laree Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:08:07 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2007/12/04/gift-o-the-day-the-immaculate-confection/#comment-4117 No, not a cig or a shower...smelling salts. I was expecting expensive, but not $6.60 a truffle... Wow. No, not a cig or a shower…smelling salts.

I was expecting expensive, but not $6.60 a truffle…

Wow.

]]> By: Toby Wollin http://manolobig.com/2007/12/04/gift-o-the-day-the-immaculate-confection/#comment-4113 Toby Wollin Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:58:10 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2007/12/04/gift-o-the-day-the-immaculate-confection/#comment-4113 I know this sounds totally dumb, but if you get that, I'd like "first dibs"(as we used to say in my youth) on the box. I have an obsession with little wooden boxes used to package things and have several in my collection. I think this would be worth having simply from the "stick my nose into it and take a deep whiff of pure chocolat smell" aspect. I'd be more than happy to let you have every single one of the chocolates in the box. Really. I am a complete Philostine when it comes to chocolate. Really expensive wonderful chocolate is totally wasted on me - the cheaper, the more paraffined it is, the better I like it. Sorry. I am a worthless chit, I realize, and have no "cooth", but there it is. I also do not like dark chocolate. My taste in chocolate was frozen in time when I was about 5 years old and all I could get was either Hersheys bars or Aerobars when my relations used to to come visit from the UK. But the box is a totally different story. It will be our little secret - I will never tell anyone. Trust me. I know this sounds totally dumb, but if you get that, I’d like “first dibs”(as we used to say in my youth) on the box. I have an obsession with little wooden boxes used to package things and have several in my collection. I think this would be worth having simply from the “stick my nose into it and take a deep whiff of pure chocolat smell” aspect.
I’d be more than happy to let you have every single one of the chocolates in the box. Really. I am a complete Philostine when it comes to chocolate. Really expensive wonderful chocolate is totally wasted on me - the cheaper, the more paraffined it is, the better I like it. Sorry. I am a worthless chit, I realize, and have no “cooth”, but there it is. I also do not like dark chocolate. My taste in chocolate was frozen in time when I was about 5 years old and all I could get was either Hersheys bars or Aerobars when my relations used to to come visit from the UK.
But the box is a totally different story. It will be our little secret - I will never tell anyone. Trust me.

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