The menu: Chocolate tasting in Clonakilty

Joe McNamee visits Clonakilty Chocolate for a seven-course chocolate-themed dinner.

Gamely eating his way through a cellar full of chocolate, Valentine’s gifts from his many doting admirers, has recalled for The Menu one of his more intriguing culinary encounters of recent times, his meeting with Alison Roberts of Clonakilty Chocolate.

One of only a handful of her peers to begin with the humble bean, in addition, some of her finished products also include healthy yet delicious alternatives to traditional dairy and sugar, a boon for frustrated chocoholics with prohibitive health conditions.