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The Art of Gifting

A good gift often says: you remembered. How attention, a comfortable scale and a...

What to Bring Instead of Wine

Choose a host gift that feels personal and is easy to receive. Alternatives to...

Wedding Favours Worth Keeping

Begin with something guests will want to take home. A guide to wedding favours...

Less, but Better

Every ingredient occupies part of a small space. Why restraint means choosing carefully, adjusting...

Inside the Atelier: How a Praline Is Made

From a prepared date centre to a finished box, each stage shapes the bite....

Why Deglet Nour Is Called the Queen of Dates

Amber flesh, a fine skin and a bite that holds its shape. The qualities...

Finding the Right Texture

Chocolate breaks, the date centre yields and the finish joins the bite. How the...

How to Store Dates — and How Long They Really Last

Temperature, moisture and time all affect texture and flavour. Here is how to keep...

How to Choose an Exceptional Date

A good date starts with the right variety and arrives in sound condition. What...

Why Colour Changes from Harvest to Table

Yellow does not always mean unripe, and dark does not always mean old. How...

Soft, Semi-Dry or Dry? Reading Date Texture

From a defined chew to a yielding centre, texture changes what a date can...

What the Skin of a Date Can Tell You

Wrinkles, loose skin and splits tell different stories. Learn to read the surface of...

Why We Chose Dark Chocolate

Dark chocolate gives a date centre definition. Our choice begins with flavour and continues...

The Architecture of a Chocolate Shell

A shell contains the centre and sets the first sensation of the bite. The...

Pairing Dates with Cacao

Percentage is only a starting point. Taste date and cacao together to understand contrast,...

Praline, Truffle or Ganache

Some names describe a filling; others describe the finished chocolate. A clear guide to...

What Is a Date Praline?

A date centre, a dark shell and a final flavour note. Discover the confection...

Algerian Dates and the Deglet Nour of Tolga

Put Deglet Nour on the map. Tolga’s landscape, cultivation and protected name explain what...

How Dates Grow

A date harvest begins years before the fruit appears. Follow the palm, the flowers...

The Oasis and the Making of a Date

Above the ground, palms and heat. Below, water and careful management. The cultivated systems...

A Short History of the Date

Ancient stones, irrigated gardens and travelling palms. The history of dates is a record...

A Guide to the Types of Dates

A date can be crisp, chewy or meltingly soft. Learn the differences between eleven...

Deglet Nour vs Medjool

Medjool is usually larger and softer; Deglet Nour usually offers a firmer chew. Which...

Vegan Luxury Chocolate Gifts

A desirable box begins with clear information. How to check vegan suitability, keep allergy...

Why Durham

The date has an agricultural origin; the praline has a place of making. Durham...

Restraint at one millimetre

At the scale of a praline, a small adjustment can change the whole impression....

Fifteen grams

Fifteen grams gives the praline a design target. The more revealing question is how...

Why there is no pick-your-own

A fixed assortment begins with the maker’s judgement and opens into the recipient’s curiosity....

Six references, and why not twelve

Each creation needs a reason to belong. Six references give Cœur its range, while...

Why the box opens like a jewellery case

The lift-off lid reveals a place for every praline. Protection, proportion and a clear...

The date year, harvest to table

Flowering, ripening, harvest and storage each leave their mark on a date. Following that...

What we look for when a lot of dates arrive

Before preparation comes attention to the fruit. Traceability, condition and the variation within a...

Dates, Hospitality and Eid

A welcome, the opening of iftar and a food eaten on Eid al-Fitr morning....

The knife test

A cut reveals what the finished surface conceals: the meeting of shell, centre and...

Why twenty-four at a time

Six creations, four of each. Grand Cœur gives the collection more room to be...