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Chocolate came to San Francisco during the Gold Rush to feed hungry miners, but newer businesses like Socola and Fermosa have put their own twists on the sweet treat.

This guide features artisan chocolates with next-level design, nutty and spicy condiments and other gifts from San Francisco Bay Area producers that reflect the year in food and drink.

Anne Schrager May 3, 2021 Singer/songwriter Diana Gameros will be featured in the Exploratorium’s online bilingual Mother’s Day celebration. Photo: Claudio Nalerio, courtesy of the artist Mother’s Day arrives Sunday, May 9, and there is no shortage of ways to spend quality time with family in honor of the occasion. Local venues in San Francisco and beyond are preparing parklets and newly constructed performance areas to celebrate the season, as vaccination rates spark a slight relaxation of public health guidelines. Examples include District Six, a SOMA StrEat Food Park-cur...

Meet 3 new Bay Area chocolatiers folding Asian flavors into gleaming confections [San Francisco Chronicle] Feb. 9—Godiva may be shutting down all of its U.S. stores because of the pandemic, but new chocolate makers are continuing to set up shop in the Bay Area — and they’re bringing tempting, Asian-inspired flavor combinations like mango lemongrass and miso almond with them. The newest is Deux Cranes, a Los Gatos shop that debuted in February with stunning, Japanese-influenced geometric bars. In the middle of the pandemic, Kokak Chocolates opened as a San Francisco cafe with chocolate-f...

Meet 3 new Bay Area chocolatiers folding Asian flavors into gleaming confections FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Kokak Chocolates sells chocolate bon bons with ornate patterns in San Francisco.Brian Feulner / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of3 Kokak Chocolates sells chocolates with ornate patterns in San Francisco's Castro district.Brian Feulner / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 3of3 Pistachio rose chocolate and dark chocolate with raspberry by Deux Cranes photographed in San Francisco, Calif. on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021.Stephen Lam / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less Godiva may b...