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Uncover the Traditions of Pancake Day (Chandeleur) in France: A Closer Look at this February Celebration
Chandeleur, France's Pancake Day, is the 2nd of February. Celebrate it with friends, family and Cocoa & Grapes!

Joyce Halsey Gay
Feb 13 min read
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Chocolate Excellence: Valrhona
Valrhona makes the finest quality chocolate for professional chocolatiers, and their Cité du Chocolate shares it with the rest of us.

Joyce Halsey Gay
Jul 24, 20242 min read
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Unwrapping French Easter Chocolate Traditions: A Chocolate Lover’s Guide
As the spring season blooms, Easter brings with it a myriad of traditions, each unique to different cultures around the world. In France,...

Joyce Halsey Gay
Mar 25, 20242 min read
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Happy National Chocolate Cake Day
Each year, 27 January is observed as "National Chocolate Cake Day" in North America. It honours the approximately 250+ years this...

Brent McTavish
Jan 27, 20233 min read
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When spice and citrus mix in harmony with sweet and bitter
Bal Pagès, absolutely stunning label evoking images of vintage parties from the 1930s , has an equally stunning and unique taste.

Brent McTavish
Jan 19, 20222 min read
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International Chocolate Covered Cherry Day
The thought behind chocolate covered cherries is unbelievable simple: chocolate is scrumptious and so are cherries.

Brent McTavish
Jan 2, 20213 min read
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Chocoholics of the World Rejoice! World Chocolate Day is here!
This special day dedicated to all things cocoa-based is certainly not a time to discriminate. Go on, indulge yourself!

Brent McTavish
Jul 6, 20203 min read
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Happy Chocolate Ice Cream Day!
It it often said, that Ice cream’s birthplace reaches as far back as the Second Century B.C.

Brent McTavish
Jun 5, 20202 min read
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Love is Love… But what is LOVE?
This Valentines Day celebrate whatever LOVE you want. Turn off the noise and pressure from our modern world and make it up for yourself. Lov

Brent McTavish
Feb 14, 20203 min read
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