We dipped into Alison Nelson's Chocolate Bar, which opened yesterday. The new West Village location is directly across the street from the former shop, only this one is roomier and more inviting. The Chocolate Bar's classic pastries and sweets...
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I finally wandered over to Verē, the only chocolate-making factory within walking distance of Serious Eats World Headquarters. Kathy Moskal, Verē's founder, built a chocolate-making facility out of raw space on the sixth floor of a building on West...
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Both locations of MarieBelle, the fancy French confectionery, will hand out free nibbles all week as part of Chocolate & I. This looks like the best of the event's freebie options, as it allows five stops on all five of...
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The Valentine's day chocolates for your non-sappy loved one. Jessica Sagert makes sure you know she's not a hipster foodie or a "lovely" food blogger. Her approach to chocolate-making, instead, has a rough and industrial style where the chocolate spills...
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I'm a big fan of dark chocolate truffles, but they hardly get Sugar Rushed because it's rare that a truly fantastic one comes along. Decent ones are a dime a dozen, but finding those in the league of Kee's...
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Photograph by Front Studio "Overly rich and decadent" are the words the Lunch with Front Studio blog used to describe this mudslide cookie from the newish upper West Side location of Jacques Torres Chocolate. That's not a bad thing,...
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Dark and heavily studded with more walnut chunks than first glance would lead one to anticipate, Payard's flourless chocolate-walnut cookie satisfies many cravings. With a texture reminiscent of fudge, this sweet is a cross between cookie and meringue. But...
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