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Video: The scoop on Carmela artisan creamery in Pasadena

Rose Magazine writer Stacey Wang visited Carmela Ice Cream several times for our story on the Pasadena artisan creamery. Here’s a video of one of those visits with owner and flavor developer Jessica Mortarotti.

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Shop the Block: For Valentine’s Day, Mignon chocolates are anything but boring

As authentic as family-run businesses come, Mignon Chocolate was founded in 1910 and has been run by the Ter-Poghossians ever since. For three generations, the family has manufactured its own fine chocolates, and original recipes are what make Mignon truly … Continue reading

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Shop the block: Build up your Halloween reserves at Montrose Candy Co.

Tweet   Who, really, can resist the old-fashioned candy shop, with gleaming rows of clear plastic bins and shovel-sized scoops standing ready to deliver sugary goodness? If that sounds romantic, you’re due for a visit to the Montrose Candy Co., which … Continue reading

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Photos: Get the scoop — or two — on area’s best frozen sweets

From our summer dining issue, here’s a round-up by Emma Gallegos of the area’s best chilly treats — now with extra photographic goodness: BULGARINI GELATO Leo Bulgarini ships the high-quality ingredients for his gelatos all the way from Italy if … Continue reading

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Photos: At Pasadena’s POP Champagne Bar, dessert is the most important meal of the day

A traditional Spanish dessert — these days, corrupted by an explosion in popularity and en masse distribution at theme parks and even fast-food joints — the churros at POP Champagne and Dessert Bar are on the high end of the … Continue reading

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UPDATED: The house that cake built

ANSWER: Pasadena City Hall. More photos here. Students at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Pasadena are building a very special confection that, when finished, will be a cake-and-icing replica of a local structure. Can you guess which … Continue reading

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Nose Diving: It’s a wine world (after all) at Disney’s California Food & Wine Festival

Nose Diving is a feature column, in which a novice wine writer fumbles toward grace. My feet are dangling freely as we coast, hang-glider style, over the vast expanse of California below us. It’s a gloriously sunny day as we … Continue reading

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