B Sellers wrote:
> 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

Gee, I could think about chocolate all day--and thanks for the
reminder to have a square of it. You are lucky to live in an area
with chocolate manufacturers of some reknown.

--
Jean B.