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                <title><![CDATA[ChocoVivo - stone ground, bean to bar chocolate in Los Angeles, CA - @the-chocolate-tourist]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[ChocoVivo, just ten minutes east of Venice, is the first bean to bar chocolate manufacturer Ive found in LA.For the full story (including taste-testing!) come on over to The Chocolate Tourist blog.]]></description>
                <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2014 10:47:16 -0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Allergic... to Cocolate?? - @the-chocolate-tourist]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Maybe not! Listing common ingredients in "chocolate" that could be inducing symptoms. Do you or a friend suffer from the following?It's all at The Chocolate Tourist blog.]]></description>
                <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2014 11:38:11 -0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Potomac Chocolate in Woodbridge, Virginia - @the-chocolate-tourist]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Potomac is thefirst chocolate maker I ever interviewed. My friend Valerie and I met Ben Rasmussen and got to watchhim make chocolate. From scratch.A one-man bean to bar maker with a childlike joy in the process of making good chocolate!Read the rest right here!]]></description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2014 21:20:52 -0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Candy Contents: Name That Ingredient! - @the-chocolate-tourist]]></title>
                <link>https://forums.thechocolatelife.com/the-chocolate-tourist/blog/541/candy-contents-name-that-ingredient</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Chocolate was first enjoyed as a drink. Mash up some cocoa beans, add water and some other exciting ingredients (sugar, spices, corn) and yum, its dessert for kings and queens.But now we usually eat chocolate in a bar. Did you ever wonderhow that came to be? No? Well, Ill tell you anyway.Read all about it.]]></description>
                <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2014 11:29:39 -0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Middlebury Chocolates in Vermont - @the-chocolate-tourist]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[I subscribed to Standard Cocoa's monthly chocolate delivery service, and my first box contained Middlebury Chocolates! Small batches ofhandmade bean to bar chocolate.Good stuff!Read about the three bars I got!]]></description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2014 08:30:41 -0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Book Review: "Chocolate Chocolate," by Frances Park & Ginger Park - @the-chocolate-tourist]]></title>
                <link>https://forums.thechocolatelife.com/the-chocolate-tourist/blog/537/book-review-chocolate-chocolate-by-frances-park-ginger-park</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Ihope you will love this book as much as I did! A charming memoir of 25 years in business at the Washington, DC chocolate shop of the same name. A boost to every entrepreneur, dreamer, and chocolate lover.Read all about it!]]></description>
                <pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2014 16:04:46 -0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Chocolate Chocolate - family-run shop in DC - @the-chocolate-tourist]]></title>
                <link>https://forums.thechocolatelife.com/the-chocolate-tourist/blog/536/chocolate-chocolate-family-run-shop-in-dc</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[What do you call the neighborhood shop that represents thedreams,hard work, family loyalty, and enduring passion for chocolate of two very special sisters? Chocolate Chocolate.Read all about it on The Chocolate Tourist blog!]]></description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2014 14:06:05 -0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[The Chocolate Chase - looking for chocolate in all the wrong places - @the-chocolate-tourist]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[...and finding it (eventually).A morning in Georgetown leads us on a wild goose chase! But chocolate always comes through in the end.Read on!]]></description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:53:03 -0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Monday Mug: Magic Chocolate Elixir (Zero Calories!) - @the-chocolate-tourist]]></title>
                <link>https://forums.thechocolatelife.com/the-chocolate-tourist/blog/534/monday-mug-magic-chocolate-elixir-zero-calories</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Ahhh, Monday! The first day of a new week. The first week of a new month.The first opportunity for hot chocolate. And joke recipes!Find thefull recipehere!]]></description>
                <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2014 10:32:44 -0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Chocolate-scouting in San Diego, CA - @the-chocolate-tourist]]></title>
                <link>https://forums.thechocolatelife.com/the-chocolate-tourist/blog/532/chocolate-scouting-in-san-diego-ca</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[San Diego is so cute.Between the sunshine, the water, the palm trees, and the colorful little neighborhoods dotting the landscape, San Diego beckons to visitors and makes you want to explore. Since I was therefor the race last weekend, I went in search of chocolate.And I found Caxao Artisan Chocolates in Little Italy, as well as Eclipse Chocolate - a brunch, dinner and truffle cafe near Balboa Park. Each unique and wonderfulReadall about it]]></description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:21:53 -0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Tifa Chocolate in Agoura Hills, CA - @the-chocolate-tourist]]></title>
                <link>https://forums.thechocolatelife.com/the-chocolate-tourist/blog/527/tifa-chocolate-in-agoura-hills-ca</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Drinking chocolate, gelato, killer cappuccino, and handmade chocolates with striking ingredients like whiskey, orred peppers. All packaged in a southern California smile.Is Tifa the ideal chocolate shop? Probably. But we wont say that until weve tried all of them.Read the full story on The Chocolate Tourist]]></description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2014 09:48:38 -0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Monday Mug: Bailey's Irish Chocolate - @the-chocolate-tourist]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Get your freshhot chocolate recipe on Mondays! Courtesy of The Chocolate Tourist.I may not be Irish, but I can still appreciate a country that brings us Guinness, sheep farmers and Chris ODowd. And Saint Patricks Day is for everyone, right? Today we raise a glass to himself, full of chocolate and touched with Irish cream.Read the rest here!]]></description>
                <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2014 11:29:34 -0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Experiencing Kollar Chocolates in the Napa Valley - @the-chocolate-tourist]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Wine and chocolate, anyone? In today's tour, The Chocolate Tourist producer Leanne Westphal invites you to brave the rain andtaste Kollar's red wine truffles, milk chocolate ganache, and dark chocolate with Grand Marnier.It doesn'thurt that Chef Kollarhimself came out to offer a sample! What service.Read more onThe Chocolate Tourist blog.]]></description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2014 16:22:39 -0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[John Kelly Chocolates in Hollywood, California - @the-chocolate-tourist]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[InHollywood, the air is thick with Oscar prep so I got downtown earlier this week to scope out the chocolate situation.JKC signature truffle fudge is basically fudge covered in Callebaut and topped with sea salt. Unique, decadent, and delicious! Take a look at the full post for pictures, tasting, and the full story:JohnKelly Chocolates in Hollywood, California]]></description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2014 19:24:36 -0700</pubDate>
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