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Toffee Trouble
I've been using a toffee recipe from "Formula and Theory for the Artisan Confectioner" with fantastic results, until the last 2 batches. When I...
@Laurie Douglass started 14 years ago - replies: 3
Americas Semi-final 2014 open for the entries – World's largest bean to bar competition!
Closing date : 17 September 2014 Samples required by : 19 September 2014 Entry fee : $65 + $42.50 per product (USD) Enter online at :...
@Martin Christy started 10 years ago - replies: 1
business structure
I am getting prepared to open my chocolate company legally. It will be a side gig to my full time job and I don't expect it to be huge anytime...
@Kaydee Kreitlow started 11 years ago - replies: 25
Madre Chocolate-From the Road in Xoconusco, Chiapas
Hola and Aloha everyone, from Juchitan, Oaxaca, Mexico! Thanks a million to everyone who's backed us, we're forever indebted to you, and...
@Clay Gordon started 13 years ago - replies: 3
Has anyone tried using clarified butter in cream or butter ganaches?
Hello,Just noodling around about whether it's possible to make a successful butter ganache using clarified butter. The solids are where the...
@April Karys started 14 years ago - replies: 2
Does chocolate temper when panning?
I am told that tempering is not required when panning. Having been told that I MUST temper by judges at a competition then being assured that I...
@Colin Green started 11 years ago - replies: 11
Tempering Machine Modifications
What mods have you done to your tempering machines? If there is something that had made life better please share it. We use a Little Dipper and dip...
@Larry2 started 11 years ago - replies: 2
DIY Bean Cracker
One of the things that has stymied me for a long time was how to make a fairly low cost bean cracker that would be adjustable. One of the main...
@Clay Gordon started 11 years ago - replies: 0
Adjustable bean cracker from a grape crusher
When I was in Italy, I saw the following in a chocolate-maker's workshop: It's a motorized grape crusher. The chocolate maker puts his beans...
@Clay Gordon started 11 years ago - replies: 9
Food safe glue?
Hello guys, while cleaning I broke my melangeur scraper which is plastic and I'm considering gluing it.I found out in the Internet that the best I...
@Miguel Pujols started 10 years ago - replies: 2