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Let them eat cake. With no nuts.
8 p.m. last night and I remembered there’s a potluck school barbecue today. Our name is at the end of the alphabet, so we’re scheduled to bring a dessert. With no nuts. Too bad, my favourite dessert...
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Tell heaven I’m on my way – I’ve experienced Death by Chocolate
Chocolate buffet. Ok, just skip to the bottom for the details. It’s really quite a brilliant plan. Instead of tracking down the bold, hard-hitting news I go straight for the jugular of obviousness. I...
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Calgary Herald Easter chocolate giveaway contest
The Easter bunny arrived a little early in the Real Life department this year, meaning that we have two packages of assorted Purdy’s and Kinder chocolates to give away, worth approximately $30 each. To...
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Food Porn Friday: Dark Chocolate Raspberry Buttercream Cake with Ganache Drizzle
There were lots of great photos on my favourite food porn sites this week, but this one for a Dark Chocolate Raspberry Buttercream Cake with Ganache Drizzle from Life Is Great jumped off the page for...
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Calgary Community: do you know a legacy-building woman? Invite her to Person...
Each year, the Famous 5 Foundation celebrates the Oct. 18 anniversary of the Persons Case — the 1929 decision to define women as “persons” under the British North American Act and therefore eligible to...
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Making Monday Better – Christmas decorating fun in Calgary, at the Fairmont...
With the sun setting ever earlier in the late afternoon these days, Calgary’s Christmas decorating is showing up in all kinds of bright, sparkling lights (check out the Calgary Zoo’s annual Zoolights...
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Cococo’s spicy and smooth rosemary chocolate on shelves next week
It’s herbal and smooth and then there’s a kick of heat. So, yes, this isn’t your average milk chocolate bar. Instead, the Rosemary Fusion bar from Cococo Chocolatiers starts with the herbal notes of...
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Oprah liked the “amaaazing” chocolate from Calgary’s Cococo
A quick Twitter conversation between Oprah Winfrey and one of her followers is sweeter to Calgary’s Cococo Chocolatiers than the chocolate they create. The former talk show host and billionaire...
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Sex, chocolate & backcountry skiing?
Chatter Creek / Photo: Kyle Hamilton On your big Valentine’s date you may have wanted to ask some hard hitting questions. What is better, Sex, chocolate or backcountry skiing? It’s Valentine’s night...
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Making Monday Better – with hot chocolate and a great cause in Calgary
With snow in the forecast later today, could there be a better day for a delicious mug of hot chocolate? And, just in time to vote on your favourite Calgary hot chocolate, as part of the second annual...
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Why do we eat chocolate at Easter?
As a kid, I loved Easter morning. The Easter Bunny had always visited the night before, usually filling my basket with the same chocolates year after year. There would be a hollow chocolate bunny; some...
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Le Cordon Bleu demonstration Saturday features award-winning chocolate cake
An event featuring a demonstration of a chocolate-caramel cake that sounds like utter decadence will be part of an open house this Saturday by Le Cordon Bleu Ottawa. Le Cordon Bleu Ottawa will be...
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Some dark beers for those dark winter nights
Just like the patio furniture that inevitably gets put away as the leaves begin to fall, there are some beers — typically lighter lagers and wheat beers — that drop out of my regular rotation when the...
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Hot Chocolate Fest returns for another year of tasty fundraising
The fundraiser that involves little more than drinking delicious hot chocolate concoctions is back for another year. YYC Hot Chocolate Fest starts Saturday, Feb. 1 with a kick off at the Calgary...
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Five Foods to Try in Belgium
Belgium is a small country, but it ranks up there with the likes of Monte Carlo for having an impressively high number of Michelin starred restaurants per capita. Just as Belgian beer is world...
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Calgary’s Cococo brings home gold in national chocolate competition
Cococo Chocolatiers is set to represent Canada at an international chocolate competition next month in London after taking gold in three categories at a national qualifier. Cococo’s Habanero Sea Salt...
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Bake your own classic snacks
I’ve never eaten a Twinkie. But for a long time I was obsessed with Hostess cupcakes, those dry brown cupcakes with the squiggle of icing curling over the cardboard-like chocolate topping. By no means...
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Sponsor Content: Fernie
Calgarians flock to Fernie in the winter to enjoy the powder skiing at Fernie Alpine Resort. But did you know there is a wonderful array of activities to enjoy in Fernie during the summer months?...
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Tim's Gourmet Pizza serves up delicious pie
Tim Petros discovered his second calling while working at his dad’s restaurant, Nick’s Steakhouse and Pizza. Ironically, Nick’s is across the street from McMahon Stadium, where Tim used to work at his...
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Sweet success for chocolate shop
The day the rain and river came, Cococo Chocolatiers Inc. president Brian Beck was on a train to Ottawa to help open a new store. His first indication the Calgary-based confectionary’s head...
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