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To Savor: Making a sweet match with chocolate, wine

In the U.S., we spend billions of dollars on chocolate each year. At a very young age, my mind swirled with images of chocolate...
FAMILY TRADITION: Rudi Hauser Jr., owner and president of Hauser Chocolatier in Westerly, in the company’s retail shop. Hauser bought the company in 2008 from his mother and his father, Ruedi Hauser Sr., who started the company in 1985 in Connecticut after emigrating from Switzerland.
PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Meet the Makers: Hausers keep family tradition of Swiss chocolate making...

At Hauser Chocolatier, Rudi Hauser has a sweet job. The 18,000-square-foot Westerly-based operation makes chocolates and truffles. Delicious aromas of cocoa fill the air...
FAMILY TRADITION: Rudi Hauser Jr., owner and president of Hauser Chocolatier in Westerly, in the company’s retail shop. Hauser bought the company in 2008 from his mother and his father, Ruedi Hauser Sr., who started the company in 1985 in Connecticut after emigrating from Switzerland.
PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Meet the Makers: Hausers keep family tradition of Swiss chocolate making...

(Editor’s note: This is the 31st installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
CREATIVE CONFECTIONS: Aura Fajardo Quintero, owner of Aura’s Chocolate Bar in Cranston, says inspiration for a new product can strike her at any moment, which has led to bestselling products using Venezuelan chocolate and locally sourced ingredients such as bee pollen, honey, or whiskey.
PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Chocolatier’s recipe uses ingredients from her two homes, Venezuela and R.I.

Aura Fajardo Quintero did not plan to become a chocolatier. Originally from Caracas, Venezuela, Fajardo was a graphic designer before moving to Rhode Island and...

To Savor: The right wines for a chocolate fanatic

I am a chocolate fanatic, a love I know I share with many. In the U.S., we spend approximately $22 billion on chocolate each...
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