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Chocolate on my pie: we're doing our Thanksgiving Lunch tomorrow due to schedules, and I'm up to other tricks today : ) so here's a recent #tbt to a delicious little personal pecan pie from #alliancepatisserie, onto which I placed bold #violetskychocolate, and all of which I placed on a crimson red winter hat, because that's how #chocolateonmypie and #chocolateandatextile work! 🌞 #happythanksgiving (at Alliance Patisserie)

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Coffee and chocolate paradise on Chicago's North Shore: new @reprisecoffeeroasters roasts direct trade Nicaragua coffee onsite, and carries chocolate made from direct trade Nicaragua cacao and beyond! Plus: cacao nibs, snacking cacao, more, in their delightful cafe in lovely Winnetka, Illinois (site of the Home Alone house and scenes from other John Hughes movies), 30 minutes from Chicago! ❤ @askanyachocolate @chocolatenaive @goodkingcacao @xocolatlchocolate ♡♡♡♡ As the chocolate and cacao distributor, it was such fun bringing some of the chocolate on the train - with great help! - and tasting and talking specialty coffee, craft chocolate, and social justice with awesome Reprise owner Adam and crew and friends! 👋👋 And it's always fun taking off my scarf and putting chocolate on it; that's often how #chocolateandatextile happens! :) I feel a blog post or insta-swipe series coming on, to show you a bit behind the scenes at this wonderful roastery, cafe, and retail location with heart! ☕ #thirdwavecoffee #craftchocolate #chocolatefreedomproject (at Reprise Coffee Roasters)

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Vibrantly delicious #violetskychocolate meets vividly lovely #uncommoncacao textiles at the very wonderful #nwchocolatefestival! 💚 #chocolateandatextile #seattlenovember2017 (at The Northwest Chocolate Festival)

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Happy #Diwali! What joy to taste #aretechocolate of California's new bars from Indian cacao, with dear Kim of #cocoaandco! 🌞 The Jangareddygudem origin was particularly nice, gentle, and balanced, with a lovely note of banana at the finish! 💛 And yes, I staged the bars on the cloth tote bag I was carrying, for a #chocolateandatextile moment! (at Cocoa + Co.)

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Specialty cacao meets specialty textiles: tonight at opening night of the fascinating and inspiring #confluence20 *Creative Ecologies of Hong Kong* design exhibit, to mark the 20th anniversary of HK's return to China, I pulled fantastic #goodkingcocoa caramelized and salted snacking cacao out of my bag, to introduce it to the beautiful blue-and-white #narrativemade textiles on display at the show, while chatting and sampling with the delightful designer / heritage textile researcher plus other new and old chocolate and cacao loving friends, as everyone asked where to buy this unique and delicious product! 💙 If you didn't already see this innovative and interactive exhibition in Milan, Hong Kong, or Seoul, this is your last chance to see it, in Chicago at #block37 in collaboration with the #chicagodesignmuseum, through November 4, 2017! 🌐 And if you haven't tasted Good King Cocoa's fabulous flavors, let's help you there too! #cacao #superfood #chocolateandatextile (at Block Thirty Seven)

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Silk on silk: look what arrived - #letterpresschocolate's sensational São Tomé 70% dark chocolate, complex and sophisticated with dynamic notes of burnt caramel and roasted peanut, celebrating here on another new arrival, a glorious gift from Portugal of a silk scarf, also complex and sophisticated, as heritage is woven forward in America! #chocolateandatextile

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More Massachusetts magic (staged on another article of my clothing! : ) in the form of #chequessettchocolate of Cape Cod, on Peru cacao, light and lovely, with gentle complexity; this is a really beautifully realized chocolate bar, charmingly packaged in a fittingly nautical theme, and in a reusable pouch! 💙 If you're in Boston, you'll find this exciting local brand at #beaconhillchocolates, in one of my beloved former neighborhoods! 🆙️ Chocolate appreciation moment: note the bright color of this chocolate, tinged with red tones, in contrast to the darker color, tinged with purple, of the Esmeraldas Ecuador bar in the previous post! #chocolatetravel #chocolateandatextile #HarvardAutumn2017 (at Beacon Hill Chocolates)

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Morning glory: I put 2-ingredient #undonechocolate Costa Rica 74% chocolate (organic cacao + organic cane sugar), superfood #xocolatlchocolate Peru cacao nibs, and protein-rich hemp seeds on my organic grapefruit, and it's a beautiful supernova sunrise day! #chocolateandgrapefruit #chocolateandatextile #chocolateuplift

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The Idealist's breakfast: diversity in harmony, harmony in diversity - I've topped my organic grapefruit this time with luscious #letterpresschocolate Ecuador 70% dark chocolate with gentle floral and nut notes (find it at #hannahsbretzel in Chicago), and vibrant #vaicacaonibs with a powerfully nutty presence, today on the long #independencedayweekend for a USA and global meditation! #chocolateandgrapefruit #chocolateandatextile #blueandwhiteandchocolateforever

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Indoor picnic: delicious housemade chocolate rochers from #thegraychi meet some of my fun new fabric swatches for a #chocolateandtextiles moment! #neocon2017 #chocolatebroker #chocolateandatextile (at Chocolate Uplift)

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Sweet and chic: sophisticated and sustainable #wildsweets truffles on a lovely #pierrefrey textile, because life is beautiful! #neocon2017 #beantobonbon #chocolatebroker #chocolateandatextile (at Chocolate Uplift)