Quickie Chocolate Review: Francois Pralus São Tomé & Principe Forastero Bar

Where I got it: Zingerman's Next Door, Ann Arbor MI Price: $9.99 for 3.5 oz. (100g) Cocoa percentage: 75% Website: www.chocolats-pralus.com The Sao Tome bar is one of a family of single-plantation chocolates from Pralus. I got this bar as a Christmas present from my daughter Rachel (have I mentioned that she works at Zingerman's?). It's about the …

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Non-Marathon Man

LOOKS LIKE NO MARATHON THIS YEAR FOR ME. My 2013 race schedule looks a lot like last year's, kicking off with the Super 5K this Sunday and continuing favorites like the Martian and Dexter-Ann Arbor half marathons. But no 26.2 in the plan. It feels sort of awkward when everyone else in the PR Fitness …

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Where Runners Fear to Tread

SO HOW COLD WAS IT OUT THERE TODAY? I saw Eskimos at the warming station. Lame. Try again. Uhhh....the South Polar Station sent blankets to us. Meh. Give me something really wild. It was so cold out that Jeff did his run today on a treadmill. Wow. Now that's cold. I'm no stranger to running …

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Quickie Chocolate Review: Theo Congo Vanilla Nib Bar

Where I got it: Whole Foods Price: $3.99 for 3 oz. (84g) Cocoa percentage: 65% Website: www.theochocolate.com I was assisted in this review by my daughter Rachel, who works at Zingerman's and is thus surrounded by high-quality chocolate from all over the globe, is trained to sell it, and gets to sample it frequently. I, on …

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