tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68328462672253289872012-01-25T21:18:00.755-08:00A Celebration of the Artisan LifestyleBee Charmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234950678920472243noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832846267225328987.post-88029728394496239152008-12-19T20:08:00.000-08:002008-12-19T20:17:34.660-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cAJQujnJP2k/SUxvypVIsjI/AAAAAAAAAA0/eCUsiRl_W9A/s1600-h/CocoaNymph+Christmas+E+letter.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cAJQujnJP2k/SUxvypVIsjI/AAAAAAAAAA0/eCUsiRl_W9A/s400/CocoaNymph+Christmas+E+letter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281719378877395506" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Christmas &amp; chocolate go hand in hand </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">in my thinking. This holiday season, I have the pleasure of </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">working with one of Vancouver's up &amp; </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">coming chocolate artisans - Rachel Sawatzky </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">of <a href="http://www.cocoanymph.com/">CocoaNymph Chocolates &amp; Confections</a>. </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Barely in business a year, things are taking off </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">for them and I am delighted to be a part of their </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">successful journey! </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />Of course a benefit of working with a chocolatiere is the ever present temptation of sweets each time we meet to discuss their next packaging or promotion plan. Well worth the tempation, I now have several favourites as do all of CocoaNymph's regular customers. A year round fave of mine is the Illa (dark chocolate ganache with fleur de sel). For the holiday season, I've snuck over to the Basque Square (milk chocolate ganache with golden raisins and port, coated in white chocolate).<br />Not only is Rachel a successful Cocoa Nymph - her shop is also a haven for creatives - stop in and not only will you smell the deliciousness of molten toffee and melted chocolate, you'll also see works in progress like the ones by her featured artist <a href="http://www.paintingsbyjillmarie.blogspot.com/">Jill Marie Stokes</a>. Drop by - it's quickly becoming the neighbourhood place to be. 3739 West 10th (&amp; Alma). </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6832846267225328987-8802972839449623915?l=anotherera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bee Charmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234950678920472243noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832846267225328987.post-52390429367512088632007-03-22T10:46:00.000-07:002008-12-23T14:23:05.709-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cAJQujnJP2k/ST9CUvm7eGI/AAAAAAAAAAc/qnBcjALBgZ0/s1600-h/PoilaneBlog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 370px; height: 238px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cAJQujnJP2k/ST9CUvm7eGI/AAAAAAAAAAc/qnBcjALBgZ0/s320/PoilaneBlog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278010212446074978" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">As an extension to my consulting career of promoting food artisans, I've created this blog to showcase happenings in the artisanal world.</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I'll post photos, inspirations, client projects as well as a variety of experiences in my quest to promote an artisanal-inspired lifestyle.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I'd love to create spotlights on artisanal food producers so please feel free to contact us if you'd like to be featured. Thanks for visiting!<br /><br />Best,<br />Sher Hackwell<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Creative Director, Sher Hackwell Creative</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Artisanal - Definition: </span>In regard to food, it refers to anything that is raised with care, hand crafted using high quality ingredients, prepared with passion, and served with love, using time-honoured techniques. The producer is a small company as once an artisanally-produced product increases it's volume, it loses its artisanal status.</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Most importantly, it's a lifestyle, a soulful, purposeful act of slowing down to celebrate </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">traditional ways with friends and family...<br /><br /></span> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" ><br />PHOTO: Sher Hackwell </span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" ><a href="http://www.poilane.fr/">Boulangerie Poilane </a> Paris, France 2006<br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6832846267225328987-5239042936751208863?l=anotherera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bee Charmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234950678920472243noreply@blogger.com3