{"id":9563,"date":"2018-05-31T12:47:46","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T18:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=9563"},"modified":"2018-05-31T15:35:15","modified_gmt":"2018-05-31T21:35:15","slug":"the-salem-santa-fe-mystery-solved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=9563","title":{"rendered":"The “Salem-Santa Fe” Mystery Solved"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kakawa Chocolate House in Santa Fe, New Mexico<\/p><\/div>\n

A month ago I blogged how astonished M. and I were to see that Kakawa, the Santa Fe-based chocolate house, was about to open a new store in Salem, Mass.<\/a><\/p>\n

Imagine our surprise to see this storefront on Essex Street next to the [Peabody-Essex] museum: Kakawa is coming! Sure, I\u2019d believe it in Aspen, Colo., or Scottsdale, Ariz., but Salem? I would love to know how they picked Salem, but I suspect that their new outlet will do well, being perfect for someone seeking a historical \u201celixir\u201d after a morning of museuming. A Salem-Santa Fe axis \u2014 who knew?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now I know. I stopped at Kakawa in Santa Fe yesterday and spoke with Tony Bennett, who owns it together with his wife, Bonnie. This is what they do.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Aztec-style chocolate: cacao, chiles, other spices, flowers.<\/p><\/div>\n

It turns out that they were invited. It seems the director and certain board members of the Peabody-Essex museum<\/a> like to come to Santa Fe for the big annual Indian-arts market.<\/a> (No wonder they have the T. C. Cannon show up.<\/a>) So they drop in at Kakawa nearby for some chocolate elixir, as one does.<\/p>\n

And they decided several years ago that Kakawa would fit right into the commercial building that they own adjacent to the museum. Then their architect died, and there were other complications, but Kakawa is on-track to open in the near future. In addition, Tony said, there would be a Kakawa kiosk inside the museum. Some buenas noticias<\/em> for Salem.<\/p>\n

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A month ago I blogged how astonished M. and I were to see that Kakawa, the Santa Fe-based chocolate house, was about to open a new store in Salem, Mass. Imagine our surprise to see this storefront on Essex Street next to the [Peabody-Essex] museum: Kakawa is coming! Sure, I\u2019d believe it in Aspen, Colo., […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[334,26,103,32,325,305],"class_list":["post-9563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-chocolate","tag-culture","tag-massachusetts","tag-new-mexico","tag-salem","tag-santa-fe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-2uf","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9349,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=9349","url_meta":{"origin":9563,"position":0},"title":"The Southwest Follows Us to Salem & Salem Follows Us Home","author":"Chas S. 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