Twenty years ago, Larry Burdick came back from Switzerland with a chocolate pot. He wanted to make chocolate confections that could truly be called chocolate.

He’d start from blocks of dark chocolate from France & Switzerland – low in sugar and rich in flavor – that were essentially unused on these shores and fashion them into an assortment of creations he’d been contemplating for years. Larry Burdick is regarded as a pioneer in America’s high-end chocolate, and says of his philosophy “I’ve tried to combine a French gastronomic sensibility with Swiss know-how, and American imagination.”  If you are ever in Cambridge, MA stop by at their Store & Cafe and try the Chocolate Lemon Cake, lemon cake layered with lemon cream and topped with a dark chocolate glaze with their signature hot chocolate or go to online to have it delivered at your door!  www.burdickchocolate.com

BURDICK'S HOT CHOCOLATE

1.5 cups milk (1% or skim)
2 heaping tsps. cocoa powder
1/4 cup ground dark chocolate (use high quality chocolate that has 60% or more cocoa content)
ground nutmeg or cinnamon

Heat the milk to just below boiling. Whisk in the cocoa powder and ground dark chocolate. Add ground nutmeg or cinnamon to taste. Makes one serving.