Feathers

Cacao Shells

The decor at the L.A. Burdicks store was off the hook. There were stacks of pheasant feather swirls on various surfaces. This Cacao wreath was the most stunning piece. The last time I've seen a Cacao shell was on my honeymoon in St. Lucia at a chocolate plantation. The wreath is beautiful on it's own, but seeing the Cacao left me with a quiet comfort of knowing burdicks chocolate came, not from a hershey's preservative packing conveyor belt, but from the purest source -- the seed.

Cannellé Bordelais

Alyssa and I stopped at L.A. Burdicks flagship store in Walpole, NH after our January Vermont vacation. This Cannellé Bordelais is meant to be dipped in a hot beverage, but it's sweet crunchy exterior & soft fluffy interior was good enough for me!

We've gone to the L.A. Burdicks in Cambridge and the one that used to be in Northampton, but this one had the most spacious seating out of the three stores. Chocolatiers are really hard to come by on the East Coast and the seconds chocolates (champagne, caramel) and other treats were cherished to the last bite.

Bounty of birth...

"Take the bounty of thy birth, taste the lordship of the earth from Monadnock." Emerson