Chocolaterie Wanders

I came across this post by chance - just a quick update: We moved up to Vermont in 2011. I am the pastry manager at King Arthur Flour in Norwich, VT and enjoy my time here tremendously. It was not easy leaving the DC area - we had a great time and business was a lot of fun, but as the family grew, priorities shifted and we chose to move. Definitely the right choice for us - I will be in the area in March again just for a quick visit. It's amazing how much has happened in the DC area since then! Much love and greetings

Quick note from our trip to some wineries yesterday: Breaux Vineyards Nice and full body wines, the reds were surprisingly good, especially the 2002 Merlot. Breaux reminded us of Californian wineries in appearance of the lot and tasting building in light brown, almost Tuscan colors. It was too bad that the tasting glasses were so small and the prices fairly steep. A glass of the Merlot was served in the same small glass and came to be $9. Corcoran Vineyards Very small and very charming. Six wines to taste, the Viognier (Estate grown) was so good that we had to get two bottles of it ($20 ea.). We will be back!

We went to Williams today and got two gallons of apple cider and a half a bushel of apples. YUMM! It really is delicious. They said they will have cider another 10 days or so - I don't think we can make it out there again, but we'll be there next year - thats for sure! Beautiful drive too, now that the trees are changing .....

Awesome, thank you for the reply. We won't be able to make it this weekend, but (hopefully) early next week we'll step by there. Can't wait!

no-one mentioned Vienna's Cenans Bakery yet? We practically live off their bread most warm weather days (we get their bread from our farmers market - when that is closed, we make our own ....). I think the owners are Italian/Turkish and their breads are very good, nice crust, nice and heavy loaves, great flavor. Every week we get the 'Danish Kernel Bread' which makes a great grilled cheese or tastes really good with hummus and tomato. <link>

We had one lady tell us that it was impossible to sell unpasteurized apple cider at the farmers market. We'll call the FDA next week to check on that. In supermarkets or other commercial establishments we couldn't find any apple cider that has not been heat treated. It would be a shame, since unpasteurized apple cider tastes SO much better. PS. Nicholls FAQ on apple cider: link

Folks, we were wondering if anyone knows where to get unpasteurized apple cider. That said we do know the legal situation in the state of Virginia (and we won't put it in chocolate!). If anyone has information on this feel free to reply in this post or per PM. Thanks!!! [We lived a while in OH and we got spoiled up there with delicious unpasteurized apple cider!)

I had a hard time finding something I didn't like in this post. But this is definetly one of those things. We were on our way to Tain L'Hermitage, a little town about an hour south of Lyon. It was already too late - we got in rush hour coming from Paris and didn't suspect it to be THAT bad. Anyway, it was 12:30AM and we didn't have dinner yet. I pulled over at a gas station south of Lyon and we checked out the menu. Although I had learned the French language in high school, it wasn't really helping me understand anything on there. So we just ordered anything that gave us hope to get sth. fried. Well I tried to erase most memories of that dinner - but the fried sausage filled with inerts remains. It looked just like the one on the quoted post - just deep-fried. The second I cut in it it gave off a stench that just can't be described. I gave it one try, but the gummy-y texture didn't do it for me. We ate the fries and hit the road - hungry, but happier to be on the road again. The croissanterie in Tain L'Hermitage made us forget about last nights dinner excursion and we enjoyed our stay at the Valrhona factory in this small and almost forgotten town.

it is a classic .... scene => http://youtube.com/watch?v=wDlSlwqNcmY Note: oh, you might not want to view this after your dinner / have eaten / or have a weak stomach

went there and had our bbq fix it didn't wow us, but it was alright ...... not nearly as good as some places we have been in NC while we were living there ...

oh, i think they do and they have fantastic 'leberkaese' ....mmmh we got a lot of sausage and other meat products there - too bad our freezer is limited in size! come to think of it - wouldn't that be an awesome marketing idea for a swedish chef to open a restaurant in the US?

yeah, everyone should at least go by once being from germany, it was a pleasure to shop there a few weeks ago .... lots of familiar brands and products. they are opening up a second location - i think planned was end of summer, but this was still in the making and not rock-solid. check out their website - also for the address here: http://www.german-gourmet.com/

What is your take on fast food chains like MCD, BK or other chained family restaurants? I would rather see them being controlled more thoroughly ...

on imdb.com (intl. movie database) they list this movie as a remake of 'mostly martha' the preview on tv looked just like it and i was wondering if it would be a remake .... anyhow, nice to see more food related content in our cinemas ....