Yes, yet another milk chocolate review. Hey, I have no shame for preferring milk chocolate. It can be just as delicious, just as pretentious, and just as divine as dark chocolate. This is an English chocolate with blended caramel, Welsh sea salt and floral notes. It’s very milky. I could easily eat (and enjoy) the […]
Why I dislike Hershey’s Chocolate
Hershey’s chocolate bars do not deserve to be called chocolate. That was my opinion when I first encountered a Hershey’s chocolate bar upon my arrival in the USA as a teen in 1993 and that is my opinion now, 19 years later. I approach Hershey’s from an almost incredulous stance. You know, that face all […]
Tasting Notes – Scharffen Berger Extra Rich Milk
Mmmmm! The promise of extra rich milk enticed me to this bar, my first from Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker, an American company founded in 1997 and acquired by Hershey’s in 2005. I found the chocolate to be quite simple, delicious yes, but I wouldn’t call it “extra rich”. It tastes about the same as grocery […]
Tasting Notes – Golden Tree Chocolate
I cannot talk about chocolate without mentioning Ghanaian chocolate. As the #2 producer of cocoa in the world (#1 being Ivory Coast) it would not be too far-fetched to believe that a lot of chocolate out there originates from Ghanaian cocoa beans. But, there’s only one that is processed locally from the choicest premium Ghana […]
24 hours in Pittsburgh
Headquarters of Heinz (click for museum) Given a rare synchrony of our work schedules, a few of us single lady physicians decided to head out to the big city…Pittsburgh, to be exact (sarcasm is all mine) on a day off. We arrived into town just at the end of the work week and commented first […]
NYTimes.com: The World’s Best Candy Bars? English, of Course
A friend forwarded this New York Times article about just how great English candy is, and I knew it had to go on my blog. I agree with it 1000% that the world’s best candy bars are English. See my earlier post on nostalgic tastebuds. I just knew I wasn’t crazy! DINING & WINE July 11, […]
Nostalgic Tastebuds
I recently had afternoon tea at the Four Seasons. Sitting there enjoying the scrumptious warm scones with clotted cream and lemon curd, and the delectable small finger sandwiches with fillings such as cucumber/cream cheese, and egg salad/caviar made me very nostalgic for good old English cuisine. Was that just an oxymoron? In recent years, I […]
Finally in Ghana
It was such a long trip. Delays States side as well as with my connection in England. Landing in Accra was not as magical as it was 6 years ago, maybe because of all the stress of travel, and my nervousness. I stepped off the plane into a cool but humid Ghanaian midnight, NOT the […]
A lover of mangoes. A woman - smart, without pretense, lefthanded, Afropolitan - navigating this thing called life. An unapologetic believer in social justice and karma. Choosing to radiate positive energy and be true to myself. Here, my musings.