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CHOW Tour Portland: A Chocolate Wonderland

Published on Wednesday, March 23, 2011, by Roxanne Webber and Blake Smith / Edit Post

Artisanal food producers are thriving in Portland, from microdistilleries to jam makers. Here we focus on the city's chocolate-making scene, starting with David Briggs's Xocolatl de David, which specializes in savory chocolates like blue cheese, pig's blood, and salt and pepper truffles. Then we go inside Faith Dionne's kitchen, where she explains that, yes, it's legal to run a food business out of your own kitchen in Portland, and shows how she makes honey nougat, caramel, and hazelnut candy bars for her company Bees & Beans. And for even more great Portland chocolates, check out our previous post on Alma.

You can buy Faith's and David's chocolates at the Cheese Bar. Portland's excellent chocolate shop Cacao also carries Xocalatl de David.

Cheese Bar
6031 SE Belmont Street, Portland
503-222-6014

Cacao
414 SW 13th Avenue, Portland
503-241-0656

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  • Is there an assumption here that this can only be Portland OREGON? I agree with the first post- though much smaller in scale- per capita, Portland MAINE can hold its own as a serious food mecca... perhaps even more so than Oregon given the shorter growing and tourist season. Nice reviews of the city's food scene nonetheless...

  • uh...there are two great food Portlands you know. The state code would help.

  • I had to read that a few times to make sure I read it right - pig's blood! OMG, I consider myself very open-minded and adventurous, but I think someone has gone too far if it is real pig's blood combined with chocolate. BEYOND YUCK!

  • The framing and composition of some of the shots in this video are undoubtedly some of the best looking, most visually progressive I've seen on CHOW-it's not hard to recognize the craft and creativity in these chocolates when it's presented in such an artful manner. Keep up the awesome work!

  • Wow the Bees & Beans bar looks glorious, gotta love the locally-sourced ingredients. I'm thinking a trip to Foster & Dobbs is going to have to happen today!

  • Me wants a Bees & Beans Honey Bar right now in my mouth! Nom! Nom! Nom!