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Chocolate in the blood, a shopkeeper returns. (Weekly Briefing).


IT wasn't long after the first Kron Chocolatier choc·o·la·tier  
n.
1. One who makes or sells chocolate.

2. A place where chocolate is made or sold.



[French, from chocolat, chocolate, from Spanish chocolate
 Inc. store opened in New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 in 1973 that the firm established a reputation in the luxury chocolate business. With a client list that included Jacqueline Kennedy, owners Diane and Meir Kron expanded their enterprise within a decade to 40 stores, including one in Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. . But the Krons sold the chain in 1983 so they could raise a family. They moved to L.A. eight years ago.

With their children grown and her husband retired. Diane two years ago opened K Chocolatier/Diane Kron Inc. in Beverly Hills.

"I got tired of being home and decided to re-conquer my kingdom. Most of the chocolates Out there are a joke. They are made with artificial ingredients. I'd be shopping in Neiman Marcus Neiman Marcus

U.S. department-store chain. It was founded in Dallas, Texas, in 1907 by Herbert Marcus, his sister Carrie Marcus Neiman, and her husband, A.L. Neiman.
 and I would hand them my credit card and they would see the name Kron: They would grab me and say, Where have you been? Where are those truffles? They remembered the chocolates from 25 years ago.

"I now have my varieties of chocolates - ones with real vodka, scotch, and bourbon centers for people over 21. I have truffles, which are a whipped bite-sized dark chocolate with whipped cream inside, little crispy teddy bears with rice inside, chocolates with orange peel or cranberries, dark chocolate and a large chocolate star that looks like the Hollywood Walk of Fame The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a pavement along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, which is embedded with more than 2,000 five-pointed stars featuring the names of not only human celebrities but fictional characters honored by  stars and come in a film reel case. They range from $100 to $200 a pound.

"We have a completely different line now. I'm using very select cocoa beans that I get primarily from Maracaibo, Venezuela and some Ghana beans from Africa. In my K Sensual chocolates, I've added a third cocoa bean - from Brazil. K Sensual is a chocolate with 15 different Chinese herbs Chinese herbs are herbs originating from China. They are widely used in Chinese cuisine. The use of Chinese herbs is a very popular tradition. “Many of the modern day drugs have been developed from these herbs such as the treatments for asthma and hay fever from Chinese , which are an actual formula from a doctor of oriental medicine Oriental medicine can mean any of:
  • Traditional Chinese medicine
  • Traditional Korean medicine
  • Kampo (Japanese medicine)
Eastern medicine can mean either of the above, and also:
  • Indian traditional medicine

. He later explained that the herbs were for women - stimulating blood flow. It heightens their sexual response. These chocolates are $200 a pound or four ounces in a box for $50. But I don't sell by the piece because when it's been sitting on the counter, exposed to the air, the flavor is dulled. Everything I sell has been put in air-tight packaging as soon as it has been made. I designed all the packaging myself.

"I have two shops in Beverly Hills, four blocks apart. The chocolates are made in a big factory in Gardena. I have a maximum of 12 employees in Gardena and stores and to prepare for Christmas and Valentine's Day I keep the factory open 24 hours a day."
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Title Annotation:Kron Chocolatier
Comment:Chocolate in the blood, a shopkeeper returns. (Weekly Briefing).(Kron Chocolatier)
Author:Greenberg, David
Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Mar 4, 2002
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