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Chocolatier Blue has a spectacular presence at Caputo’s Market and Deli

0 Comments Published by Professor Les January 31st, 2008 in Chocolate, Business News, Cuisine.

Christopher Blue’s phenomenal collection of chocolates, which contain “absolutely NO artificial ingredients,” has truly won over the hearts of Salt Lake City consumers.
Matt Caputo, marketing director for Caputo’s Market and Deli, reports that, as of December 2007, the store outsold Charlie Trotter’s restaurant and store for Chocolatier Blue. As I reported two months ago, Chocolatier […]

A profound respect for food and nature at Chocolatier Blue

0 Comments Published by Professor Les December 3rd, 2007 in Chocolate, Business News, Cuisine.

By the age of 10, Christopher Blue already had sampled a cosmopolitan menu that included dishes from Spain, Cuba, England, Africa and India – all at his family’s self-sustaining farm in western Nebraska.
“We ate practically everything but American food,” Chris recalls. “Growing up, we never knew artificial ingredients. I never knew what it was to […]

A taste for the world’s most exceptional chocolates at Caputo’s

2 Comments Published by Professor Les November 13th, 2007 in Chocolate, Cuisine.

Chocolate, coffee, and wine comprise a divine trinity that doesn’t always get the attention it so richly deserves but an increasing number of chefs, epicures, and foodies have begun to realize that the great quality of these culinary treasures should have as much forethought as a scallop, cut of steak, stalk of asparagus or wedge […]

 

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