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ChocGlitz & Cream – Albuquerque, New Mexico
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ChocGlitz & Cream – Albuquerque, New Mexico

Gil GardunoAugust 28, 2022August 29, 2022

To whom should you turn when you want a recommendation you can trust for great ice cream? Your natural inclination is probably to ask a kid. Kids, particularly those in the age group two through twelve, consume more ice cream than any other American demographic. Alas, kids in the aforementioned…

Cocoa Flora – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
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Cocoa Flora – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

Gil GardunoJuly 27, 2020November 18, 2020

In a 1995 episode of Seinfeld fittingly titled “The Switch” Jerry asked his devious friend George Costanza how he could switch from dating Sandy, a dour woman who didn’t laugh to dating her roommate Laura, a comely woman who laughed at all of Jerry’s jokes. George’s contrived a plan: Jerry…

Theobroma Chocolatier – Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Theobroma Chocolatier – Albuquerque, New Mexico

Gil GardunoNovember 23, 2019November 23, 2019

For many men, February 14th is the most dreaded day of the year. It’s a day in which our boundless capacity for bad taste comes to the fore. Though well-intentioned, when it comes to women and romance, we’re clueless.  You might not know it, but shopping for women is the…

Chocolate Cartel – Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Chocolate Cartel – Albuquerque, New Mexico

Gil GardunoJune 4, 2011July 19, 2018

“Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands — and then eat just one of the pieces.” Judith Viorst, American Author & Journalist “Betcha can’t eat just one.”  In the early 1960s, Lay’s Potato Chips made that slogan a household phrase, in…

Kakawa Chocolate House – Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Kakawa Chocolate House – Santa Fe, New Mexico

Gil GardunoFebruary 28, 2009July 22, 2018

In a 1995 episode of Seinfeld, Kramer attempted to deduce George’s ATM code: “You’re a portly fellow, a bit long in the waistband.  So what’s your pleasure?  Is it the salty snacks you crave?  No, no, no, yours is a sweet tooth.  Oh you may stray, but you’ll always return…

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