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Interview with The Chocolate Conspiracy

January 15, 2014 by Chris Mower 1 Comment

Sometime near the end of Summer, beginning of Fall I had the delightful opportunity to meet with AJ Wentworth who is the owner, founder, chief chocolatier, and jefe of The Chocolate Conspiracy located in Salt Lake City, UT (900 S 265 E Salt Lake City, UT 84111, to be exact). I had a great time interviewing AJ and learned a lot about his business and what it takes to specialize in the raw chocolate business. Unfortunately because of website issues, I was unable to post the interview until now.

But the story begins before the interview. I met AJ at the 2013 Honey Bee Festival in Salt Lake City where two things brought my attention to his booth: 1) free chocolate samples (obvious attention grabber there), and 2) the really cool throwback art on the chocolate bars, and 3) it was RAW chocolate. My curiosity was peaked. Apparently I’m a sucker for raw gourmet chocolate wrapped in retro Asian-inspired art.
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Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: AJ Wentworth, Chocolate, Cocao, Cocoa, Honey Bee Festival, Interview, Local Business, Organic Chocolate, Raw Chocolate, Raw Honey, Salt Lake City, Small Business, The Chocolate Conspiracy

Summer’s Secret Seasoning and Jam Review (Part 1)

October 19, 2012 by Chris Mower Leave a Comment

Note that this is the first post of three in this series. You can read Part 2 (Summer’s Secret Seasoning review here.

One of the many reasons I love writing this food blog is meeting and chatting with new people. I’ve recently had the delightful opportunity to talk with Summer from Summer’s Secret Seasoning about her entrepreneurial endeavors within the food industry. It seems that a lot of us have numerous business ideas when it comes to food, but so many of us have never really done anything about it. Summer is an exception to that rule. Not only has she produced Summer’s Secret Seasoning, but she has gone on to create a few jam flavors (with more in the works).
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Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Food Review, Hot Sauce, Interview, JalapeƱo Jam, Jam, Mango Jam, Mangos, Pepper Jam, Reviews, Samples, Secret Ingredient, Spices, Spicy, Spicy Food, Summers Secret Seasoning, Taste Testing

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