Oakland's Delphinium makes unique botanical-based, seasonal chocolates
Bonbons from Delphinium, a new Oakland-based confection business. Photo: Delphinium Michael Russ II and Sasha Yilmaz-Ward met as pastry chefs at Oakland restaurant The Wolf, where Russ was executive pastry chef and Yilmaz-Ward was hired to be his assistant. It was one of those culinary mind melds, where the two hit it off both as friends and as colleagues, and knew that eventually, they should strike out on their own together. “Michael is extremely talented,” said Yilmaz-Ward. “He has such a creative mind, and watching it at work is fascinating.” Meanwhile, Russ knew he found a depend...
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