pulling things together

The boxes from Cacoa Camino arrived today! I now have my chocolate and cocoa to begin my production next week. I have been working on the food cost of all the recipes...ahh math. It feels really good to wrap my brain around something so tangible and straight forward as numbers. Toddler world is soooo topsy turvy. 

SOMOS

I feel like the luckiest person ever...I have been a stay at home mom for 2 1/2 years and have been wondering how I would enter the work force again. My husband met Tia from Cocoa Camino who mentioned they might be in need of some chocolatier work. I sent her my resume and she introduced me to Heather and her project SOMOS.  An amazing project helping orphaned children in Guatemala. Heather is an incredible woman and I feel honored to be helping her with this project. This is the first set of chocolates that were made for the SOMOS project. I had a tasting with Heather and her husband Greg to make sure they liked the flavors and the rustic look of my chocolates.  What a wonderful time I had pulling this together. My two and a half year old assistant was wonderful. She loves to stir. The third time tempering was like a dream ... the working of the molten chocolate on the granite, the tap tap of the palate knife and the bench scraper.  Madeleine laughed at mommy making such a big mess when i poured the melted chocolate onto the granite. Ahhh, it feels really good to be back.