Bond Street Chocolate

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Nope, it's not on Bond Street: The name refers to the place where former pastry chef and choco-meister Lynda Stern (Atlas, Village) started her chocolate wholesale business, catering to places like Dean & Deluca and City Bakery. Now, she's given her goodies their own home, in a teeny-tiny East Village shop that she describes as "a little toolbox, Old World-ish, with luscious wallpaper." Sounds delish already. Stern experiments with different liqueurs (elderflower; Batavia-Arrack, which is extracted from Indonesian cane) and textures (caramelized almonds). She's also got a wicked sense of humor: The chocolates are molded into figures like buddha, the Virgin of Guadalupe, skulls and even Jesus—"with Moses probably coming soon" she cracks dryly. There you go: Your daily dose of religion.

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