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Matcha, Orange, and a House That Time Refused to Forget
There are buildings that ask for your attention. Then there’s the Gamble House. A place that demands reverence. Tucked into Pasadena’s old Orange Grove neighborhood, this isn’t just a house. It’s a shrine to craftsmanship. Built in 1908 by...
Key Lime Limelight — A Summer Story
It started with a challenge. Not a shouted dare or some dramatic showdown, but a quiet nudge from a friend. The kind of friend who knows exactly how to push your buttons. We were standing on the Redondo Pier, waves...
The Bar That Beer Built. Our Collaboration with Smog City
You don’t really plan these things. They happen the way good stories do—unexpectedly, and then all at once. It started at the Torrance Farmers Market. Saturday mornings, way too early for most sane people, but just right for the ones...
What Do You Give the Woman Who Gave You Everything?
Let’s be real. Mother’s Day has become a cliché. Brunch with bad mimosas. Greeting cards with soft-focus flowers and zero honesty. Maybe some store-bought chocolates wrapped in cellophane and guilt. But if you’ve lived long enough, if you’ve screwed up...
A Danish Whisper in a Dark Bar
You meet a lot of people when you’ve been making chocolate as long as I have. Some come and go. But a few stick around—not just as customers, but as friends. Per is one of those friends. He’s a photographer...
A Sweet Revelation in Echo Park
You think you’ve seen it all. You’ve burned your hands on copper pots, stared down tempering curves like they were wild animals, ruined a dozen batches just to chase one that sings. You tell yourself—there are no surprises left. Then...
From the lab of Chef Jeffray We live in a world where “natural flavor” is often anything but. Some lab in Jersey reverse-engineers an orange, gives it a fancy name, and pumps it into a chocolate bar with a shelf...
The World’s Healthiest Bunny (No, Seriously)
It started in aisle six of the grocery store. Me, with two of my five kids hanging off the cart, staring down a wall of neon-wrapped chocolate bunnies. The kind that look fun but read like a chemistry textbook...
Bittersweet and Bold — Why I Made Our First Ceremonial Drinking Cacao
I’ve always believed the best ideas don’t come from boardrooms — they come from phone calls that catch you off guard. A few months back, I got one of those calls. It was from an old friend up in...