Coolhaus Ice Cream Recipe Book: A mouth-watering guide to creating gourmet desserts at home

Coolhaus Ice Cream Recipe Book


When architect Natasha Case and real estate developer Freya Estreller repurposed a mail truck to fill with highly imaginative all-natural cookie and ice cream creations, no one predicted such an immediate, overwhelming success. Food trucks come and go (quite literally) but the duo’s…

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BETA5 Chocolate: Vancouver-based pastry chef Adam Chandler on why his team’s recipes are reaping the awards and crowds

BETA5 Chocolate


When CH was in Vancouver, BC for TED week, a friend’s recommendation resulted in a pitstop at the BETA5 chocolate and pastry shop. While it’s a bit out of the way in an industrial area,…

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Dave’s Sweet Tooth: The ultimate handmade, homemade, Michigan-made toffee

Dave's Sweet Tooth


The team behind Dave’s Sweet Tooth keep their sugary treats simple. Before indulging in a chunk of their decadent brittle, turn the packaging around for a reassuringly uncomplicated list of ingredients—almonds, butter, sugar and milk chocolate….

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Patric Chocolate: Eight exciting bars pack flavor spectrums never tasted before

Patric Chocolate


Alan Patric McClure has been in the chocolate business for a decade; after his chocolate tour through France in 2004, there was no turning back. He spent the next two years experimenting with chocolate-making before finally settling on a bar for the birth…

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McConnell’s Fine Ice Cream: Honoring the family-owned company’s 65-year-old history with a new flagship store in Santa Barbara

McConnell’s Fine Ice Cream


When McConnell’s Fine Ice Cream won the Sofi Award for Best Dessert at the New York Fancy Food Show this year, the new owners—winemaker Michael Palmer and chef Eva Ein—were thrilled, but not completely surprised. Palmer…

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Marou, Faiseurs de Chocolat: Two chocolatiers combine Vietnamese ingredients with traditional French methods for award-winning bars

Marou, Faiseurs de Chocolat


Marou, Faiseurs de Chocolat is appealing at first for its sweet packaging, but even more so for what’s inside. Two French chocolatiers, whose names together make Marou, created the first “bean to bar” single-origin chocolate company…

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Tokyo Banana Pie : Japan’s Twinkie-like cult treat

Tokyo Banana Pie


If you’ve ever had the good fortune to travel through Tokyo’s Narita Airport, you wouldn’t have missed the stacks of Tokyo Banana Pies in the shops, sitting among all the tasty treats for friends back home….

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Wondermade Marshmallows: A naturally sugary indulgence “made with 100% sweet, magic air”

Wondermade Marshmallows


Using only cane sugar and natural flavoring derived from the real thing, Wondermade makes a superior small-batch mallow. Their little one-inch-squared marshmallows pack just enough flavor to bring a slight smile to your face, side stepping…

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