Jean B. wrote:
> Mark Thorson wrote:
>> Note that Scharffen Berger production has already mostly
>> been moved to Illinois. I've noticed their chocolate
>> hasn't had that fruity cacao flavor for several years,
>> and that probably explains it. I haven't bought their
>> chocolate since I noticed the change.
>>
>> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...BU2F15I9DV.DTL
>>
>
> Ahhhh. Thanks for the warning. Merely by coincidence, I have not had
> Scharffen Berger chocolate for several years, and I was thinking of
> getting a small bar, for a LC recipe. I guess I'll rethink that.
>

Two names much more historied still in the SF Bay Area:
Guittard which may make the very best chocolate.

Ghirardelli which maks very good chocolate and which is widely
available under
the Eagle brand.

Scharffen Berger was very nice but the little niblet bars were fine.
Joseph Schmidt was a maker of truffles rather than chocolate per se.
We still have See's for chocolate candies, and for specialized needs
check out
the Rainbow Grocery which has gigantic vegan truffles.

Long live the chocolatiers!
later
bliss - cocoa powered -(at sfo dot com)

--
b.sellers - retired nurse in San Francisco

It is by will alone I set my mind in motion.
It is by the beans of cocoa that the thoughts acquire speed,
the thighs acquire girth, the girth become a warning.
It is by theobromine alone I set my mind in motion.
" --from Someone else's Dune spoof ripped to my taste