Focus on Gianduia, Part 35: Premium Gianduia Spread Scorecard

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Nov 282011
 

Availability of premium gianduia spreads in the United States has increased dramatically over the past several years, making it much easier to find products of acceptable quality.

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Focus on Gianduia, Part 29: Gianduiotti in America

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Aug 012011
 

Gianduiotto options in America are few.  Of those commonly available, most are bad.

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Focus on Gianduia, Part 8: Rise of the Waldenses in Mid-nineteenth Century Turin

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Feb 282011
 

Following the 1837 death of the Bleniese inventor Giovanni Martino Bianchini, Paul Caffarel (pictured above) continued to manufacture chocolate using the same machine Bianchini had installed in the Watzenborns’ converted tannery.  He was to be the first of a wave of Waldensian chocolate makers in Turin.  Because of the Waldenses’ importance in the rise of gianduia, we will briefly introduce some of the key individuals and companies that will figure into the story ahead.

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