Chocolate 10,000 Ways

Claire and I attended the SF International Chocolate Salon this morning with great expectations. It was less an industry event and more for the general public, a strange mishmash of chocolate makers and other affiliated businesses. Claire was brave enough to try most everything, including a fiery chili-laced dark chocolate that left her begging for water. After a surfeit of the the sweet stuff, she soothed her tongue with lavender-infused ice cream, and we both headed home to nurse our tummy aches...