Dark Chocolate | Pot de Creme | Whipped Cream

RecipeJake AhlesDecember 24, 2016chocolate, mousse, boulder, denver, colorado, alex seidel, recipe, dessertComment

Fortuna Chocolate

Sourced directly from individual growers in Mexico and hand-roasted in Boulder, Colorado, this single estate cacao is fermented and dried by each grower ensuring sophisticated flavor profiles and building upon thousands of years of traditional techniques. Fortuna Chocolate collaborates with Mayan growers at two single estates in a region of southwestern Mexico known as Xoconusco - an area that is highly prized among chefs the world over. Each estate uses different shade trees resulting in a unique combination of wild yeasts in the air during the fermentation process, adding complexity to every harvest.

Ingredient HighlightJake AhlesDecember 20, 2016artisan, artisanal, chocolate, mexico, boulder, colora, december 2016, alex seidelComment

Raymond Snead

Bitters are as old as cocktails, but Cocktailpunk looks to the future, not the past. With a simple goal: to create compelling accents for the modern cocktail. Cocktailpunk cocktail bitters are a carefully chosen set of basic elements that are focused and nuanced, simple yet devious. They are perfect in classic cocktails, but were really designed for the cocktails that haven't been invented yet.

Meet A LocalJake AhlesAugust 22, 2016cocktail, bitters, denver, boulder, colorado, alcohol, boozeComment

Short Rib Spiedino

Chef Kelly Whitaker has put a twist on the Italian spiedino. Literally translated to "skewer", Chef Whitaker takes perfectly sous vide short rib meat and cooks them on a skewer in his wood fired oven at Basta in Boulder, Co. While cooking the meat, Whitaker shows you how to craft a sweet and spicy chocolate sauce to drizzle over these flavor-packed skewers.