The story of Kindred Chocolate
A little back story on me: I am a recent breast and ovarian cancer survivor. At the time of my breast cancer diagnosis I was told no more soy in my diet. My reaction “no problem” but then I was told to check all labels because I would be surprised by what all has soy in it. But, NO NO NO HORRORS OF HORRORS, IT'S in my chocolate. I felt in this day and age of food a
llergies surely somebody makes soy free chocolate. I found it and was not impressed and I was even disgusted (this is so not happening). OK, so with my science background and my love of cooking, maybe this will not be that hard to make from scratch. LOL. I am still laughing at my naivete. I have spent almost two years now learning about chocolate and developing a recipe that I deem is edible and which is rich, creamy and has a great texture. I call this Kindred Chocolate for several reasons: 1) I am developing this chocolate for myself and other kindred spriits who truly have a passion in heart and soul for good chocolate; 2) In order to develop this I had to become kindred to what is chocolate and what makes it what it is and how do I get what I want from it; 3) As I share this process and product with family and friends I have gotten to see into the common passion for this humble little bean. Now that I have this recipe and have shared this chocolate with family and friends I am encouraged to start a business and share this with all, as I am not the only person who cannot have soy but would like a good, high quality chocolate. I also realize that many people have other food allergies who might like a good chocolate as well. I have decided to dedicate my commercial kitchen to being free of the most common allergens. These are soy, gluten, milk, ground-nuts and tree-nuts. Also, there are eggs, fish and shellfish (which hopefully will not be found in chocolate!). My hope for this page is to let you see/ go through the above development process and to keep you up on the development of the kitchen and new products. Also where and when you can purchase them.
