Madeleine Vedel

The Curious Writer, Chocolate-maker and Guide to Food, Wine, & Travel in Provence

Madeleine Vedel is a writer, photographer and teacher. Over a peripatetic life she has become an accomplished goat cheese maker, a culinary tour guide in Provence, a translator and writer of articles and stories. Trained in France, she brings her culinary, wine and cheese know-how across the Atlantic to Northern Michigan. During the winter, she organizes culinary tours out of her home in Avignon, France.

Madeleine’s Hand-Dipped Chocolates

Wow! What a holiday chocolate season it has been. I’m pretty much sold out - only 2-3 boxes of the Spirits’ collection and then done. Thank you to the many many of you who purchased this season! It’s now time to focus on family and to make room for holiday decorating in our home. Time to put away all my packing supplies and chocolate paraphernalia till next spring. I’ll do my best to have a selection for Mother’s Day, and then you’ll be able to find me on the Bellaire, Boyne City and I am looking to join the Alden market on Torch Lake as well. Till then, my very warmest wishes for a wonderful year in 2026. May hopes nourish and fears be banished.

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Sublimely Decadent

Hand-made with love and the best ingredients

 

Winter 2025 Menu

Classic Collection - 15 pieces

Dark - 70%

Palet d’or — Espresso — Caramel sea salt — Local honey — Maple syrup — Winter spice

Orange — Lemon ginger — Raspberry — Cherry Stout

Milk 38%

Hazelnut praline — Cardamom — Lavender Earl Grey

White

Honey Nougat — Vanilla

Spirits - 14 pieces

Dark 70%

Creme de Cassis — Peppermint Schnapps — limoncello — grand marnier

raspberry liqueur — Chestnut Liqueur — Margarita — Ginger Brandy

Milk 38%

Frangelica — Amaretto — Irish Coffee

Whiskey Caramel — Spiced Rum

White

Ouzo

 

I ship only when temperatures permit, i.e. - most safely during the winter). I use USPS Priority package rates.

For local orders, local pick-up in Traverse City at the 8th Street Raduno, at my home in Bellaire or through the marvelous Fiber Shed in Boyne City are possible. Please contact me for details.

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