Chocoholics can get their fix here
Chocolate has always been my drug of choice. Now, there’s a local shop designed for people with the same… uh, affliction. The Chocolate Apothecary, which opened yesterday in the Flour Mill, is designed to be a place for someone to go and just experience chocolate. Owner Susan Davis has collected chocolates from around the world to serve and sell.
Davis was studying pharmacy at Eastern Washington University when the idea for the store came into focus.
“I was coming back from an organic chemistry test that was particularly rigorous, and it was snowing and cold and it was one of those days that I just really needed chocolate,” Davis says. “And I realized that there wasn’t really anywhere to go in Spokane just to enjoy chocolate.”
“It’s not the same drinking Swiss Miss at a coffee shop. I didn’t need coffee, I needed chocolate.”
Davis began researching the chocolate lounges trend on the East and West coasts. Her cafe will be serving hot chocolate and European-style drinking chocolate. It will also feature chocolate sampler plates along with retail chocolates she has gathered from across the country and around the world. There are tables around the fireplace and throughout where you can sit and savor the chocolates. Teas, ciders, bakery goodies, aromatherapy, flowers, books and other gift items will round out the menu.
The hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and the Chocolate Apothecary can be rented for special events. The store is located in the Flour Mill, 621 W. Mallon Ave.
Home for the Holidays
Catch a glimpse of Christmas dinner at Marcia and William Bond’s house in the December- January edition of Metropolitan Home.
The owners of Luna restaurant are featured in a mouthwatering spread about the food that brings joy to their holiday table. The menu – a collaboration between the Bonds and Luna chef Shilo Pierce – features the bounty from area farmers and ranchers.
They serve up the recipes for Rosemary-Spiked Crostini with Savory Lentil Hummus, Seared Oysters and Red Peppers on a bed of Spinach, Warm Pancetta-Wrapped Pears with Gorgonzola and Sage Honey, Roasted Guinea Hens, Golden Barley Risotto and Orange Glazed Root Vegetables and Cranberry Bread Pudding.
Look inside today’s IN Food section for the Rosemary-Spiked Crostini with Savory Lentil Hummus recipe.
The Bonds recommend serving the appetizer with Mountain Dome Winery Sparkling Brut 1998.
G is for Gingerbread …
And for giving.
Coffman Engineering raised $1,622 this year for St. Anne’s Children and Family Center at its G is for Gingerbread fund-raiser. The engineering firm invited professionals to build and decorate gingerbread houses which were auctioned.
This is the second year of the fund-raiser which has featured a gingerbread Eiffel Tower, Riverfront Park’s Carrousel, the Space Needle and a gingerbread replica of St. Aloysius Church, renamed St. Delicious.