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Tiffin box
Every day in Mumbai 200,000 home cooked, multi course lunches are collected from residences and hand delivered to students and workers across one of the most densely populated cities in the world. The tiffin boxes are delivered by dabbawalas via trains, bicycles and hand carts in a spectacular show which is unique and astonishingly precise. ( according to a recent survey, there is... [Read more]
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Easter Eggs 2017
Come back to us Spring, oh how you have been missed!It's been a long winter so making Easter eggs is a perfect activity for conjuring up a fresh new season of sprouting flowers and warmer breezes. This year we are making 2 types of eggs, the beautiful Lacy, and it's punchy... [Read more]
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Bachelor's Hall Farm- Jamaica
Carlos Castaneda, author of, "The teachings of Don Juan" often talks of places of power. These are geographic zones sometimes large sometimes very tiny that energize and are of particular significance to specific people. This is the feeling where everything randomly aligns in one place, still resonating long after one has... [Read more]
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Butter & Chocolate pairings
mmmm who loves Butter? Butter is a staple across the globe in it's many different forms and tastes. In the past we have paired chocolate with rum, whisky, wine, cheese and beer so how much fun would it be to do a series of butter and chocolate pairings? Rhetorical question. Our love of butter is strong... [Read more]
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LOVE LOVE LOVE
Love comes in all types of endearing shapes and sizes as does this year's Valentine's Day collection. We present to you a mélange of sweet somethings for the people you adore in this world. Valentine's Day Birch BranchFor the past couple years we made cosmic hearts with an addictive Hazelnut Almond Praline filling... [Read more]
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Xmas Baking 2015
At Xmas our bakery sends out the most amazing smells into the rest of the space. The sounds of mixing, slapping dough around, shaping cookies and panettone combined with the aromatics of baking starts us all off nicely for the season. We hope you enjoy. Oddfellows cookie bowlFive different cookies... [Read more]
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Xmas 2015- Tree parts
If there was a muse at SOMA it would definitely be a tree. Before we start doing anything to our raw ingredients we often think how each singular ingredients came to be- terroir, the history of the people who grew them and sense of place each ingredient holds ....Xmas!!!! ... thought bubble POPPED... ok... time to... [Read more]
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Xmas 2015 gift collections
This year's gift collections are spectacular. Hours upon hours are spent developing and tweaking flavours, textures, and packaging for the sole purpose of making you and the people in your orbit happy campers this season. Objective: Teleportation to the land of bliss. Everything we make is gift-able, you can either... [Read more]
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Oddfellows Cookie Bowl- Springtime edition
With the baby buds pushing through the ground and a couple of sunny days on the horizon, we thought it would be a perfect time for a Springtime cookie bowl. A few weeks of recipe development later, here she is: FLORENTINE SABLE: Everyone asked for this cookie back so here... [Read more]
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Porcelana...finally after a decade of waiting.
Update: Oct 20/2015: The final results of the International Chocolate Awards were just announced in London England. Holy wow we just won best dark chocolate in the world for this bar. The CSB Chama bar won "best in show" in the Americas. What an incredible honour. It was worth the... [Read more]
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Xmas truffles and a Merry Xmas to all.
Whew what a season...as we wrap up our last day of truffle making before Xmas I leave you with our collection of truffles that were introduced this season. We hope you enjoy your holidays with the peeps that you love, playing, having laughing fits, eating mounds of delicious food, and... [Read more]
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Panettone!!
Panettone! -some say a beautiful tradition hijacked by European industrial baking consortiums. Many think it falls into the unwanted gift category.... We believe that it is the most special of celebratory breads. The pinnacle of an Italian bakers art. At the Salone del Gusto a few years ago, some ambitious... [Read more]
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Chocolate twigs for Xmas
Well hello again with a chill in the air and some snowflakes starting to float from the sky it's starting to feel festive.This year we have 3 SOMA twigs, all priced at $12, perfect for stocking stuffers, secret Santa or sharing with your peeps at gatherings. These twigs slice up... [Read more]
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Ultimate Box of Plenty 2014
For the serious chocolate addicts in your life we have put together a decadent collection of our most popular items including some products produced in limited batches for Xmas. This box works well as a thank-you for a group of hardworking people, family of chocolate addicts, or as a... [Read more]
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Oddfellows Cookie Bowl- Xmas 2014 edition
During the year we do a lot of experiments in the bakery and the cookie bowl is the culmination of our efforts. We present to you five different personalities lovingly named Oddfellows. Oddfellows was made for sharing so grab a buddy (or five) make some hot chocolates and munch and... [Read more]
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Rusty old gear
Way back in 2008, we were looking for a bigger roaster as we had outgrown our 12kg Diedrich. We heard through the grapevine that a legendary "Scirocco 100 " roaster was available for purchase (Batch size 60kg). The decision was made quickly even though we had no place to put it! The... [Read more]
