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Monday, December 10, 2007
Menu for Hope - Win a $100 Chuao Gift CertificateMenu for Hope is a fundraiser for the UN World Food Programme. The Menu for Hope III raised almost $63,000 for the WFP. I’d love to see MFH4 top $100K - it shouldn’t be hard, there are dozens of wonderful prizes. I’m donating a gift certificate for Chuao Chocolatier worth $100. This prize can be yours if you win the prize drawing for item UW26. The raffle tickets are $10 each, you can buy as many as you like and select how many go for which prize. There are many other fine prizes as well, please see the master list on Chez Pim, the host of this program and the West Coast prize list on Rasa Malaysia. (Here’s a roundup of the candy-related ones.)
The winner can chose a certificate good in the retail stores or on the website (it will not be good in both places). Chuao Chocolatier is based in Encinitas, California. If you would like to bid on this item use code UW26. If you’re not interested in bidding, well, here’s a review of some items I picked up over the weekend:
It has a nice toasty flavor, not really spicy and not even that sweet. It does have some coffee and malt tones along with other dark chocolate and charcoal notes. This is nice to put in a little shot glass and tip into your mouth for a snack and would probably go well on ice cream, tossed in salads or maybe in a stuffing.
These Dark Chocolate Orangettes are made with candied orange sticks dipped in chocolate. The orange is a bit sweet, but nice and soft. It’s not at all grainy either, so it’s smooth with a strong orange essence.
Candied ginger is a wonderful way to experience ginger. It’s so simple and uncomplicated. Candied ginger can come in a few different formats. Medallions (slices), cubes, julienne slices and even planks. In the case of Chuao’s Gingerettes, they use little medallions, about the size of a quarter. They’re candied until just a the “jellied” stage and don’t have any of that crystallized sugar coating on them. So it’s all smooth. Then they’re dipped in dark chocolate.
These are nice to simply eat or serve on the side of a piece of apple pie or perhaps some ice cream. Previous Chuao Reviews: Chuao Chocolatier’s BonBon Selection, Chuao ChocoPods, Chuao Filled ChocoPod Collection. So now that you’re drooling you want to buy a raffle ticket or two, right? Donation Instructions:
The results will be published on Chez Pim on Wednesday Jaunary 9th. For more see Chez Pim for the complete instructions. Don’t have any money to spare but want to help people? 1. Try FreeRice.com, a little vocabulary game where the ad dollars earned when you play go to feed some of the hungriest people in the world. 2. Use GoodSearch.com and/or GoodShop to benefit your favorite charity. 1/11/2008 UPDATE: The winner of the raffle drawing was Melissa Wong! Congratulations! POSTED BY Cybele AT 6:07 am
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The traditional techniques of European chocolatiers combine with pure Venezuelan chocolate and infusions of fresh ingredients and flavors in Chuao Chocolatier’s collection. Choose from a huge array of items in their webstore including their hot chocolate mixes, fine bonbons, chocolate bars and highly portable ChocoPods. There’s something there for every kind of chocolate lover: those who love the comfort of creamy milk chocolate caramels, those who crave the heat of spicy caramelized cacao nibs and even those adventurers who might want to go for a chevre, pear and black peppercorn bonbon.
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Hillary on 12/13/07 at 7:53 am #
Commenting is not available in this channel entry.Great cause and a great prize! Thanks for promoting this Cybele!
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