How Sweet It Is: Vanilla Fresh From Florida Passes Taste Test
Some foods are an acquired taste. Others not so much. There is something almost magical about how well chocolate and vanilla go together. Mix in that the vanilla is locally grown, and you take the culinary experience to another level. That was the goal behind a recent taste test cooked up by a University of Florida scientist and a Miami chocolatier.
UF/IFAS Tropical Plant Geneticist Alan Chambers wanted to mix chocolate and vanilla as he works on the next steps in his vanilla research. To do so, he sought to work with a local business. He test-marketed a choice vanilla bean grown in a shadehouse at the UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center in Homestead. His search led him to Carolina Quijano of Exquisito Chocolates, a Miami chocolatier who founded the city’s first chocolate factory.
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