4/26/2010

The Courant has an interesting business article about Chocopologie, everyone’s favorite Connecticut chocolatier. They are expanding, not to Stamford or Greenwich, but to Dubai.

“They Googled ‘world’s most expensive chocolate,’ and we come up as that,” Knipschildt said of the Middle Eastern investors who tracked him down and convinced him that the United Arab Emirates needs his $250 chocolate truffles.

Now everybody in the U.A.E. will know why I’m so obsessed with the caramel and lavender truffle.

READ THE REST OF THE STORY: Here.

–CP

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04/01/2010

Last night a reader dropped me an email asking why I haven’t posted on the LBC in a while. It’s a fair question.

Like exercising, after taking a hiatus, it’s difficult to get back on the wagon.

As some of you know already, I’ve changed roles here at the paper and now produce both the stamfordadvocate.com and greenwichtime.com websites. It’s really a big change and I was more than a little worried about the combination of taking a desk job and writing a food blog. This concern was validated last week when I went looking for a new pair of jeans – let’s just say that according to Levi’s, I’ve crossed a line I’m not entirely comfortable with.

But I’m still around and in the month that I’ve totally neglected the LBC there have been some notable dining experiences, I’ve just been too busy to write about them. I’m sorry.

So bear with me as I get settled into this new job and I’ll be posting again soon. I hope.

–CP