You make love; they make chocolate. And it all comes together on Valentine’s Day for area candy wizards and passionate purchasers.
By Carolyn Davis
Inquirer Staff Writer
Posted on Thu, Feb. 11, 2010
Chocolate and Valentine’s Day are as close as two lovers, a pairing fraught with as much tension and tenderness as the most passionate relationship. So it follows that during this time of year confectioners experience a tumultuous affair of the chocolate heart.
… And that is good for the people in the Philadelphia region who still make them, who live and love the life of chocolatiering.
Tony Walter Jr. owns Lore’s Chocolates, which has a store in Old City and a factory in the former Goldenberg’s Peanut Chew plant in the Feltonville section. The Walters bought the company from the Lores 22 years ago.
For many people in this culinary art, chocolate-making is a family heirloom. …
… Tony Walter’s dad worked for decades at Goldenberg’s and other candy makers, and continues to help make the Lore’s chocolates. His mother works in the store, though his two younger sisters chose other careers.
Walter walks around the shop, pointing out the Valentine’s hearts, the gift boxes wrapped in shiny tinfoil red.
But hearts aren’t required for the holiday. Just as Walter explains that Lore’s already has begun production for Easter and St. Patrick’s Day treats, customer Beverley Al-Greene strides up to the Irish potato candies. …
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