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Portland, Oregon has its way with chocolate
Beer float anyone?
If pairing a chocolate Buddha with a microbrew sounds fun, head up to Portland, Ore., where a mini-boom in artisan chocolates is leading to some weird creations. Year-old Alma Chocolate molds the sweet stuff into religious icons and covers them with 23-karat edible gold leaf. Pix Patisserie plops its homemade chocolate ice cream into Oregon's Rogue Chocolate Stout for a "beer float." Sahagún Chocolate Shop swirls in local favorites such as Stumptown coffee and marionberries. And Cacao, which opened last fall, sells a bar from New Hampshire embedded with real flowers.
Contacts: www.almachocolate.com , www.pixpatisserie.com, www.sahagunchocolates.com , www.cacaodrinkchocolate.com .
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