...an ever-growing, ever-changing list of great shops (big & small) and chocolate cafes....
EUROPE
Brussels, Belgium Shops:Charlemagne, Michel Chaudun, Christian Constant, Fouquet, Godiva, Leonidas, Pierre Marcolini, Mary, Neuhaus, Whittamer.
Paris, France Shops:Angelina, Crillon, Fauchon, Jean-Paul Hevin, Le Fontaine au Chocolat, Pierre Hermes, La Lenotre, La Marquise de Sevigne, La Riviere du Chocolate, L’Heure Gourmand, Gerard Mulot, La Maison du Chocolat, Peltier, Puriand
Geneva, Switzerland Shops:Dudle, Michili, Sprungli, Mazet de Montargis, Zeller Chocolatier
Barcelona, Spain Shops:Ramone Rocca, Baixas
Turin, Italy Cafes:Caffe Barratti
London, England Shops:Rococco, Carbonnel et Walker, Fortnum & Mason, Gerard Ronay, Sara Jayne, Ackermans, Prestat
Vienna, Austria Shops:Altmann & Kuhne, L. Heiner Cafes:Hotel Sacher, Hotel Imperial
St. Petersburg, Russia Shops: Cafes:Grand Hotel
UNITED STATES & CANADA
California & the Northwest Boule
Chocolate a la Carte E. Guittard Moonstruck Chocolatier Scharffen Berger Recchiuti Confections Woodhouse Chocolate
New England L. A. Burdick’s Handmade Chocolates,Cambridge, MA & Walpole, NH Maggie’s Sweets, Boston, MA Langham Hotel Boston, Boston, MA North End Bakery, Boston, MA Harbor Sweets, Salem, MA Chocolate Springs Café, Lenox, MA Berkshire Bark, Great Barrington, MA Garrison Confections, Providence, RI Lake Champlain Chocolates, Burlington, VT
New York, New York Chocolate Haven/Jacques Torres Chocolates, NY & Brooklyn, NY Marie Belle Christopher Norman Chocolates Kee’s Chocolate Chocolate Moderne Martine’s Chocolates Ortrud Munch Carstens Payard Patisserie and Bistro
Hershey, Pennyslvania Hotel Hershey John & Kira’s
Las Vegas, Nevada Lenotre, Paris Hotel
The Deep Sweet South
Hawaii
Malie Kai Chocolates, Oahu
Montreal, Canada
Vancouver, Canada
The Growing Regions Mexico Oxaca :The Trail of Chocolate Caracas, Venezuela:La Praline Chocolatier Rio De Janeiro, Brazil Ivory Coast, Africa Jakarta, Indonesia The Carribean
Far East Tokoyo, Japan:Mary’s Chocolate Kyoto, Japan Hong Kong, Singapore Bangkok, Thailand
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