APRIL CHOCOLATE WALKS
Join Chocolate Tasting & More this month as we explore the Metro's sweetest nooks and crannies: Downtown Portland on Sunday April 10th, Lake Oswego on Saturday April 16th, and The Pearl on Saturday April 30th. Attend one or all three of these neighborhood searches for all things chocolate. You can register right now by clicking on this link. Can't make one of these afternoons? Contact us to set up your fun and memorable adventure for your company employees, clients, or your closest chocolate-loving friends.
CHOCO-QUOTE OF THE MONTH
If you get melted chocolate all over your hands, you're eating it much too slowly. ~Anonymous
PIX MEETUP THIS WEDNESDAY
The Portland Chocolate Lovers' Meetup was started to gather chocolate lovers together and explore the world of our favorite food group. If you live in the Portland, Oregon area, love meeting fellow food enthusiasts, and want to discover new and exciting chocolate in all forms, then please join us. This month we'll be meeting at North Portland's Pix Patisserie, chosen as the area's best dessert stop by Portland Food and Drink Get more info on this event by clicking here.
Hope to see you there.
IMMERSE YOURSELF AT PCC
Chocolate Tasting & More is offering a chocolate tasting series beginning on April 19th in Beaverton. Each evening will cover a different facet of your favorite food group (4/19 Tree to Taste Buds, 4/26 From the New World & Back Again, 5/3 Exciting Times for Cacao, and a new session: Chocolate Creations on 5/10). Take one class or take them all at a big savings. Use this form or call Portland Community College at 503-977-4234 to register today.
CHOCO-RECIPE OF THE MONTH
Here is an easy and deliciously rich chocolate sauce recipe that is healthy, too. Try it and you'll see why we think it is definitely a keeper. This treat is great whenever you want a quick chocolate pick me up- in a flash. You might want to try experimenting with different brands of blended and single origin cocoas.
EASTER BASKET IDEAS
The spring collections are out and they are beautiful! Here are some basket-filling suggestions for this holiday season:
1. Bernard Callebaut of Lake Oswego has gorgeous hollow chocolate eggs in several sizes that can be filled with any of their 48 delicious confections. Check out their "chocofinder" where you can personally select your favorites.
Portland's own
2. Moonstruck has some adorable long eared bunnies and truffle critters and unique Fortunate No. 4 specialties that will make any chocolate lover happy.
3. Also, our Neighborhood Chocolate Walk Gift Certificates are good for any scheduled public program and are valid a year from the date of purchase. They make wonderful gifts for your all springtime special occasions and are available at this link. Order yours today.
CHOCO-JOKE OF THE MONTH
A tour bus driver drives with a bus full of elderly seniors down a highway, when a little old lady taps him on his shoulder. She offers him a handful of almonds, which he gratefully munches up. After 15 minutes, she taps him on his shoulder again and she hands him another handful of almonds. She repeats this gesture about eight times. At the ninth time he asks the little old lady why they don't eat the almonds themselves, whereupon she replies that it is not possible because of their old teeth, they are not able to chew them. "Why do you buy them then?" he asks puzzled. Whereupon the old lady answers, "We just love the chocolate around them." |