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Chocolate San Francisco

XOX Truffles: French-Accented Chocolates in San Francisco

The XOX Truffles motto: “Created with a French attitude…handmade in the USA…taste out of this world.” Sounds about right. Jean-Marc Gorce, formerly with Fringale, opened this truffle shop with his wife Casimira on October...
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Ice Cream Bakersfield

Dewar’s Candy Shop: Classic Bakersfield Desserts and Decor

Allison and I had just completed a 13-plate family-style Basque meal at Noriega Hotel, but we’d never been to Bakersfield before, and we didn’t know when we’d return, so we weren’t leaving town before...
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Chocolate Factory Sign Berkeley

Scharffen Berger Chocolate Factory Tour [CLOSED]

Scharffen Berger‘s chocolate factory building dates to 1906, the year of the mammoth Bay Area quake. Smartly, the factory was built soundly, surrounded on all sides by a yard-thick brick wall, so it sustained...
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