Rising Stars of Chocolate Bars

Meet Austin's newest chocolate artisans, Crave Artisan Chocolate and the Chocolate Makers Studio

"...The international renaissance in artisan chocolates has been slow to take hold in Austin over..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Experience Chocolate Pharmacy

New business offers truffles with soul

"...For most chocoholics, the love of chocolate is intertwined with a twinge of guilt, if not..."

May 7, 2014 Food Post by Bahar Anooshahr

Chocolate vs. Those Damned ’Ronas

How about some comfort for you while weathering the current situation?

"...citizen, we’ll suggest that one of those things is chocolate – the ultimate comfort food...."

Aug. 17, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Free Chocolate!

Kiskadee Chocolates pop-up at Froyoyo

"...expand their store in a totally different direction: craft chocolate...."

April 15, 2014 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Don't Forget the Chocolate!

Local bakers and chocolatiers have essential treats

"...there is still time to pick out the perfect chocolate treat for your Sweet Baboo...."

Feb. 12, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Day Trips: Tejas Chocolate Craftory, Tomball

Bean-to-bar chocolate factory excels at barbecue brisket

"...Tejas Chocolate + Barbecue in Tomball mixes the two major food..."

Feb. 23, 2018 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Chocolate

This spicy Thai actioner comes from the director of Ong Bak.

"...kicked the hinges off The 36th Chamber of Shaolin. Chocolate, the new stunner from the director of the equally..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Burton and Depp's screen version of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s book is truer to the source material and generally splendid, artful, and often sinister, yet it doesn't completely displace the earlier screen version.

"...golden tickets and thereby an invitation to visit the chocolate factory of reclusive candy-man Willy Wonka (Depp), he takes..."

July 15, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

For the Love of Chocolate

New books about chocolate

"...Chocolate: A Bittersweet Saga of Dark and Light..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Strawberry and Chocolate

"...to each other. Toward the end of Strawberry and Chocolate, things get a bit too sentimental and forced, but..."

March 3, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Panel Recap: Changing the Chocolate Industry

It's important that we consciously consume chocolate

"...when someone hands you a delectable bar of Belgian chocolate and then informs you that moment of savory goodness..."

March 13, 2019 Food Post by Jessi Devenyns

Day Trips: Jet Set Chocolate, Brenham

Airline pilot turns to turning chocolate into art as a hobby

"...Jet Set Chocolates in Brenham makes little squares of melt-in-your-mouth goodness that..."

June 15, 2018 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Antonelli's Cheese House Hosts Pop-Up Chocolate Shop

Chocolatier Steven Lawrence has bars, sipping chocolates, truffles

"...cheesemongers John and Kendall Antonelli are hosting a pop-up chocolate shop from noon to 5pm on Sunday, Nov. 17,..."

Nov. 16, 2013 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Roald Dahl wrote the screenplay for his so-called children’s story, and the result is more psychedelic than sugary.

"...Roald Dahl's other notable novel-cum-movie, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, has been pushed up from mid-summer to mid-May...."

May 17, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hot Chocolate for Cool Weather

Homemade hot chocolate mix will warm up your day

"...chilly here and some folks thoughts turn to hot chocolate. If you're lazy like I am, or you have..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Food Post by Mick Vann

Blood and Chocolate

Lycanthropy and young love: not as yummy as it sounds but nowhere near as godawful as Van Helsing, a small mercy but very much appreciated.

"...to teen angst and post-pubescent hormonal meltdown. Blood and Chocolate is based on Annette Curtis Klause's immensely popular young..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Chocolate Babies

"...premiered in Austin at the SXSW '97 Film Festival. Chocolate Babies received an honorable mention award at SXSW in..."

May 15, 1998 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Chocolate, Cheese, Waffles, and Caramels

Well, yes, those are some of our favorite things, too

"...much, you can be sure that we’ll be including chocolate and cheese and waffles and caramels among the gustatory..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Better Than Chocolate

"...appeal for openheartedness. For all its flaws, Better Than Chocolate is a fair enough entertainment value -- certainly no..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Like Water for Chocolate

"...Regina Torne and Mario Ivan Martinez. Like Water for Chocolate, a simmering cauldron of romance and revolution, passion and..."

May 7, 1993 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Chocolate Renaissance

The Food staff recommends local and online chocolate retailers for Valentine's Day

"...Human beings have always recognized chocolate as something extraordinary. In ancient times, the Olmec, Mayan,..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

For the Love of Chocolate

The taste, the look, the feel of an obsession

"...Miles Compton says, "I live in the land of chocolate and raspberries," but it seems like he pretty much..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Food Feature by MM Pack

For the Love of Chocolate

The taste, the look, the feel of an obsession

"...The Great Book of Chocolate..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Third Annual Chocolate Show and Competition at TCA

Texas Culinary Academy hosts an afternoon of wining and dining on chocolate

"...The Texas Culinary Academy will host the third annual Chocolate Show and Competition on Saturday, Feb. 9, from noon..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

For the Love of Chocolate

The taste, the look, the feel of an obsession

"...and promoter of the new Austin-based, enigmatically named SXUL Chocolate, and business couldn't be better. (Pronunciation hint: Forget skull,..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Food Feature by MM Pack

Ecuadorian Family Makes Cedar Park a Chocolate Mecca

100% cacao bars and cognac bonbons are just the beginning

"...family's cacao plantation in Ecuador and their Cedar Park chocolate shop, one bonbon at a time. Rosalba "Rosa" Aguilera,..."

Feb. 14, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

A Chocolate Focus at Fête Accompli

Take a trip to chocolate land

"...way, Fête will be changing its focus to ... chocolate!..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Heston Blumenthal's Popping-Candy Chocolate Cake

"...1.5 ounces milk chocolate..."

July 25, 2008 Food Feature

For the Love of Chocolate

The taste, the look, the feel of an obsession

"...Chocolates El Rey: From Venezuela to Fredericksburg..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

For the Love of Chocolate

The taste, the look, the feel of an obsession

"...Tom Pedersen: Chocolate Explorer..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

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