Mai ka poʻe miners e ʻimi ana i ke gula a hiki i ka poʻe hana e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka pī, he moʻolelo waiwai ko mākou kokoleka kūloko - hoʻohui, kahi e loaʻa ai nā makana momona i kēia lā.

Inā hele ʻoe i ke ala a hiki i Ghirardelli Square, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole hiki i nā kamaʻāina ke hana, a komo i kēlā laina lōʻihi o nā mākaʻikaʻi, hiki iā ʻoe ke honi iā ​​ia - ke kokoleka i ka lewa.ʻAʻole hana maoli ʻo Ghirardelli i ke kokoleka ma Kapalakiko, akā ʻaʻole ia e hōʻemi i ka nani o ka Original Ghirardelli Ice Cream & Chocolate Shop, me kāna mau pōhaku lepo, nā ala keleawe, a me nā mea hana kahiko a me ka leʻaleʻa. ʻike moʻolelo.ʻAʻole e haʻi ʻia: gooey hot fudge sundaes.Hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i kēlā me kēia lā mai nā wafers, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka fudge, me ka ʻike o nā emulsifiers a me nā stabilizers, a me kahi ʻala e hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ma luna o ka huinahalike e like me ke ʻala o Cinnabon cinnamon i kahi hale kūʻai.

He moʻolelo koʻikoʻi ko Chocolate ma Kapalakiko, mai ka poʻe miners mua e ʻimi nei i ke gula a hiki i nā mea hana hou e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka pī.E ʻono mua i kēlā kuʻuna - a laila, i ka manawa kūpono no ka lā Valentine, e hoʻomau i ka ʻōwili ʻana i lalo no kekahi mau manaʻo makana manawa hope loa.

He mea leʻaleʻa ʻo Ghirardelli ka hale hana kokoleka kahiko loa ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.Ma waho aʻe o kēlā, i ka manawa e hoʻomaka ai ʻoe e ʻoki i ka lalo o ke kīʻaha, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻono i ka manawa holoʻokoʻa o ka hoʻoilina kokoleka o ʻAmelika - e hoʻomaka ana a hiki i nā lā Gold Rush, i ka wā i hoʻomaka mua ai nā malihini Farani a me Italia i ka hana kokoleka ma ke ʻano nui, a e holomua ana i ke kipi liʻiliʻi o Scharffen Berger ma ka hopena o ka millennium.A laila aia ka hale hana hou ʻālohilohi o Dandelion, nona ka naʻau Kaleponi - e ʻimi ana i nā meaʻai maikaʻi loa a me ka mālama ʻana iā lākou e like me ka hiki - ke kōkua nei i ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka neʻe kokoleka hana i kēia lā.Ma ia ala, ʻo ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i nā hale hana kokoleka ma Kapalakiko, ua like ia me ka kānana ʻana i nā waihona kokoleka ma ʻAmelika.

Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo Ghirardelli ma 1852, ma mua o Hershey's ma 1894 a i ʻole Nestlé Tollhouse ma 1939. Domingo (hānau ʻia ʻo Domenico) ʻO Ghirardelli he malihini Italia i hele mai i ka wā Gold Rush, wehe mua i kahi hale kūʻai nui ma Stockton, a laila he hale kūʻai lole ma Kearny.Ua neʻe ka hale hana i loko o ka Pioneer Woolen Building ma kahakai i ka makahiki 1893, kahi e noho ai ʻo Ghirardelli Square i kēia lā.ʻO ka mea kupaianaha, ua ola ʻo ia i ke olai 1906, e hoʻi ana i ka ʻoihana ma hope o 10 mau lā.ʻO kona mau lā ma ke ʻano he ʻoihana liʻiliʻi, ʻoihana home ma Kapalakiko, ua lōʻihi naʻe, akā naʻe: I kēia manawa, nona ka hui ʻo Lindt, kahi kanaka pilikua honua, a he waiu kāna kokoleka a hana nui ʻia ma kāna mau hale hana ma San Leandro.

ʻO ka mea i ʻike ʻole ʻia, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Kapalakiko kahi home o kekahi o nā hale hana kokoleka kahiko loa o ka ʻohana ma ka ʻāina: Guittard, ka mea i hoʻokō i ke kūʻokoʻa a me ka ulu ʻana i nā kenekulia.Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka hui ma 1868, he 16 mau makahiki wale nō ma hope o Ghirardelli, a ua huikau nā mea a pau i ka hoʻokūkū mua o G mai ia manawa.ʻO Etienne ("Eddy") Guittard he malihini Farani i hōʻike ʻia i kahi lohi iki i ka wikiwiki, a loaʻa iā ia kona waiwai ma ka ʻoihana wili, mālama i nā miners i ke kofe, ke kī, a me ke kokoleka.Ua puhi ʻia kāna hale hana mua ma Sansome i ke ōlaʻi, a kūkulu hou ka ʻohana ma Main, kokoke i ke kahakai kahi i hoʻokuʻu ai nā moku i nā pī.No ke ala kaʻawale, ua neʻe ka hale hana i Burlingame i ka makahiki 1954, a ua holo ʻia e nā hanauna ʻehā a me ka ʻelima o ka ʻohana i kēia lā.

Ke hoʻomanaʻo nei ʻo Gary Guittard, ka pelekikena o kēia manawa a me ka ʻehā o ka hanauna o ka ʻohana, i ka hele ʻana i ka hale hana kahiko ma Main ma ke ʻano he 6 mau makahiki, e alualu ana i kona kaikunāne ma o ka hale piliki ʻekolu papa ololi, a hoʻopunipuni ʻia e ʻono i ka ʻawaʻawa. waiʻona kokoleka.“Ua ʻoluʻolu loa.Hāʻawi wau i kekahi mea e loaʻa ai [kēlā hale] i kēia lā, "wahi a Guittard.“Hiki iā ʻoe ke noʻonoʻo?Ua pōʻeleʻele a ʻaʻole nui loa.Hoʻomanaʻo nui wau i nā ʻala.Ua ʻala mākou ma ka papahele ʻekolu, a ʻo ka ʻala wale nō o ia wahi.”

Akā, ʻoiai ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ke kokoleka ʻAmelika e ke koena o ka honua no ka nui o ka waiū a me ka ʻono, ua ʻā ʻo Scharffen Berger i ke kaona i ka hopena o ka millennium a ua hoʻokumu i kahi ʻano o ke kokoleka ʻeleʻele home i wiwo ʻole a ʻono.ʻO Robert Steinberg, he kauka mua, a me John Scharffenberger, he mea hana waina, ua hoʻokumu i ka hui ma 1997, e lawe mai ana i ka palate o ka oenophile i ka ʻoihana.ʻAʻole like me nā mea hana mua, lawe lākou i ke kokoleka e like me ke koʻikoʻi e like me ka waina.Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Scharffen Berger e ʻohi a wili i nā pī i loko o nā pūʻulu liʻiliʻi, e lawe mai ana i ka ʻono ʻeleʻele a ʻoi aku ka ʻono.ʻO ka mea nui, ʻōlelo ka hui ʻo ia ka mea mua i kau i nā pākēneka o ka cacao ma nā lepili, ma ka liʻiliʻi loa ma United States, e alakaʻi ana i ke ala no ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa.

Ua hana koke ʻo Scharffenberger i mau hoa manaʻo like ʻole ma ke kahua kokoleka kūloko.ʻO Michael Recchiuti kahi mea hana kīʻaha kūloko ʻaʻole ia i hana i ke kokoleka iā ia iho, akā hoʻoheheʻe a hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i loko o nā truffles a me nā confections, kahi loea kūʻokoʻa.("Ma Farani, e kapa ʻia au he fondeur a melter paha," wehewehe ʻo ia.) Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kāna ʻoihana ponoʻī i ka makahiki like me Scharffen Berger, kūʻai aku i nā mea ʻono me nā mea āpau mai ka verbena lemon-hou a hiki i ka peppercorns ma ka Ferry Building. .ʻOiai ʻo ia e hoʻonohonoho ana i kahi hale kūʻai, ua lohe ʻo ia i ka mea a Scharffenberger e hana nei."Ua like wau, ʻoluʻolu loa ia, ʻaʻohe mea hana kokoleka," wahi āna.“He ʻano like ia me ka pepa toilet - lawe nā mea āpau i ke kokoleka me ka ʻole.ʻAʻohe kanaka e noʻonoʻo i kahi i hele mai ai. "Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Recchiuti ʻaʻole ʻo ia e poina i ka wā i hōʻike ʻia ai ʻo Scharffenberger ma kona ʻīpuka me kekahi o nā pahu kokoleka nui mua e hāʻawi iā ia i kahi ʻono ikaika.

"I ka wā i hele mai ai ʻo John Scharffenberger i ke ʻano, ua hoʻololi maoli ia i kā mākou manaʻo," wahi a Guittard."Ua wehe koʻu mau maka i ka ʻono kokoleka."Ua ʻike ʻo Guittard inā e hoʻokūkū ana ka hui o kona kupuna kāne i ka millennium e hiki mai ana, pono ia e ulu.Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e lele i ʻEkuador, Jamaica, a me Madagascar e hui pilikino me nā mahiʻai, kahi i holo ai ʻo ia i Steinberg ma nā mokulele mamao.Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he ʻeono a ʻehiku mau makahiki e noʻonoʻo ai pehea e hana ai i kahi kokoleka maikaʻi aʻe."Ua hoʻololi mākou i nā mea āpau: ka manawa, ka mahana, ka ʻono.Hoʻomaʻamaʻa hou mākou i ka hui holoʻokoʻa a kau i nā palena ʻoi aku ka paʻa o kēlā me kēia pae, e hoʻopuka i ka maikaʻi o kēlā me kēia pī.Hoʻololi mākou me ka pīni, no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke kālua a wili i kahi ʻEkuador e like me Madagascar.Pili loa ia i ka makemake o ia pī.

He iwakālua mau makahiki ma hope mai, ʻo Dandelion Chocolate ka mea kukui e hiki mai ana, e lawe ana i kēlā ʻono kokoleka ikaika a wāwahi iā ia i loko o nā moʻolelo ʻokoʻa.Ua wehe ʻo Dandelion i kāna hale hou nani ma ke alanui 16th i ka makahiki i hala, a hoʻohanohano ʻo ia i ka kuʻuna o nā hale hana kokoleka i hele mai ma mua o ia, piha me nā pōhaku lepo, nā kaola nui, a me nā kikoʻī keleawe.Akā, ʻo ka manaʻo nui o Dandelion he kumu hoʻokahi: ʻO kēlā me kēia pā kokoleka, i ʻōwili ʻia e like me kahi tikiki gula, loaʻa kahi ʻano pīni mai kahi wahi.Hoʻohana ka Dandelion i nā pīni koko a me ke kō, no laila ʻaʻohe mea e uhi ai i ka ʻono maʻemaʻe o nā pī.ʻAʻole like me nā mea hana nui, e like me Hershey's a i ʻole Ghirardelli, nāna e huki i ka hapa nui o kā lākou mau pī mai ʻApelika, kālua iā lākou a pau i ka mahana kiʻekiʻe hoʻokahi, a laila hoʻokomo i nā mea hoʻohui he nui i mea e ʻono maikaʻi ai, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻopili ʻana.A ma waho aʻe o ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā pākēneka ma nā lepili, hoʻohui lākou i nā memo ʻono, mai nā brownies a me ka maiʻa i ka hua ʻulaʻula a me ka paka sultry.

"He nui nā moʻolelo ʻono kūʻokoʻa aʻu e hana pū ai," wahi a ke chef Lisa Vega, nāna i hana i nā mea ʻono a pau i loko o ka hale ʻaina a me ka hale kūʻai."No ka laʻana, e ʻōlelo ʻoe makemake ʻoe e hana i kahi pai apple.Hele ʻoe i ka mākeke mahiʻai a hoʻāʻo i nā ʻāpala ʻokoʻa a pau, he ʻokoʻa nā memo a me nā ʻano like ʻole o nā mea a pau, inā he tart a crunchy paha.Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ke kokoleka ma ia ala, ke loaʻa iā ʻoe kēia mau kumu like ʻole.Inā ua loaʻa wale iā ʻoe nā ʻāpana kokoleka waiu o Ghirardelli, ʻo ka lawe ʻana i kēlā ʻai mua o kahi pā Dandelion he ʻano ʻokoʻa loa.Hōʻike ʻo Dandelion i ka ʻono o kahi pā i hana ʻia mai kahi ʻāina hoʻokahi ma Costa Rica me he "mau moʻolelo o ka caramel gula, ganache, a me ka waffle cone."ʻO kekahi, mai Madagaskar mai, hoʻopuka i nā hua tart, ma ke ʻano he "raspberry cheesecake a me ka lemon zest."

ʻO Ghirardelli lāua ʻo Scharffen Berger i kēia manawa na nā hui nui, ʻo Ghirardelli na Lindt a me Scharffen Berger na Hershey's.(Ua make ʻo Robert Steinberg ma 2008 i ka makahiki 61, he mau makahiki ma hope o ke kūʻai ʻana aku o John Scharffenberger i ka hui, ma 2005.) Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Guittard a me Dandelion i ka moʻomeheu kūloko."ʻO wau iho, manaʻo wau he nui nā ʻoihana bean-to-bar e kūkulu nei ma luna o ka mea a [Scharffenberger] i hana ai," wahi a Guittard."Manaʻo wau ʻo Dandelion ka nui o kahi ʻoihana kūʻai a me ka hale ʻaina, maikaʻi ia no ke kokoleka, a maikaʻi no ka poʻe e hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi i ke kaʻina hana."Aia ma ka puʻuwai o ka Dandelion Factory, ʻo Bloom Chocolate Salon kahi hale ʻaina noho i ka ʻaina kakahiaka, ke kīʻaha ahiahi, ka lele ʻana o nā keke kokoleka, ka lele ʻana o nā ice cream, a ʻoiaʻiʻo, ke kokoleka wela.Inā ʻo Scharffenberger ka trailblazer, ʻo Dandelion ka mea hope e lawe mai i ka manaʻo nui i ka hana, e hōʻike ana i ke kaʻina hana kokoleka i loko o kahi hale hana i ʻike maoli ʻia, me nā puka aniani e hiki ai i nā mea kūʻai ke nānā i ke kaʻina hana bar.

Ma hope o nā makahiki he nui, he nui nā ala e ʻono ai i ka mōʻaukala kokoleka waiwai o Kapalakiko: e ʻeli i kahi sundae fudge wela ma Ghirardelli Square, e kālua i kahi ʻāpana brownies me nā ʻāpana ʻeleʻele o Scharffen Berger, e hana i nā kuki me nā pahu kokoleka lanakila a Guitard. , a i ʻole ka ʻono ʻana i nā kaola a Dandelion i hana ʻia mai nā pī e hoʻopuni ana i ka equator.A inā makemake ʻoe i pahu kokoleka no kāu ipo a iā ʻoe iho, hiki iā ʻoe ke hele e kipa iā Recchiuti ma ka Hale Ferry.ʻO Recchiuti, e like me ka hapa nui o nā chocolatiers a me nā mea ʻai paina, makemake ʻo Valrhona, ka brand Farani ʻo ia ke kumu gula ma nā kīhini pro.Akā, ʻimi pū ʻo ia ma Guittard, kahi e kūʻai aku ai i kahi liʻiliʻi o nā hale ʻaina ʻē aʻe, nā hale ʻai ʻai, a me nā mea ʻai momona pū kekahi, me Mister Jiu's, Che Fico, Jane Bakery, a me Bi-Rite Creamery.

"Ua ʻike ka nui o ka poʻe kahu ʻai hale iā mākou ma o ka hale kuke," wahi a Amy Guittard, ka mea e hui pū ana me kona makuakāne ʻo ka lima o ka hanauna o ka ʻohana."Akā ke ʻōlelo mau nei au, ʻoi aku paha kāu ʻai ʻana i kā mākou kokoleka ma mua o kou ʻike."

Makemake ʻoe e ʻimi i ka makana Valentine i ka minuke hope loa?Eia ʻehiku manaʻo e hōʻike ana i ke kokoleka i hana maoli ʻia ma Kapalakiko.Bonus: Loaʻa iā lākou a pau ka ʻeke nani.

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