The founder left tech to study chocolate-making traditions in France, started making his own chocolate in his garage 16 years ago, and became one of the best-known small-batch chocolate makers in the U.S. Unlike most chocolate, it's made from just two ingredients: cocoa beans and organic cane sugar.
Culinary experiences are not very uniform across the population, so we haven't been able to develop as much of a shared vocabulary to describe what we're tasting — if I've eaten Sichuan pepper and you haven't, it's a little like trying to describe the color red to a blind person.
In a world where the McDonald's Dollar Menu is long gone, a 7-Eleven dog costs over $2, and it's a challenge to stay on budget at Taco Bell, the Costco frank stands alone. It is America's greatest hot dog. And the country's last great deal.
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