While reading a recent entry from Om Malik , we discovered Coupa Cafe located in Palo Alto (California). Coupa Cafe is the flagship store of the Arabica Coffee Company based in Caracas, Venezuela. Its aim is to showcase premium coffee and chocolate from Venezuela. The chocolates come from Chuao Chocolatier (Carlsbad, California) named after the Chuao region of central Venezuela that produces famous cacao. We look forward to a future trip to California for a...

While wine shopping for Thanksgiving I discovered a new beer named Ommegang produced in Cooperstown, New York State. It is part of the Duvel family of beers. Pour slowly and enjoy their belgian style Abbey Ale ('Dubbel Ale') without the monks.