Bodega’s Bodacious Chocolate

Well known for its signature Fudge Truffle Bars, award-winning chocolate maker Bodega Chocolates now makes a fabulous rich, thick chocolate sauce that is perfect for topping ice cream or other desserts.

10-ounce jar of Bodega Chocolate’s World’s Greatest Chocolate Sauce, $7.95 from Bodega Chocolates at the Grove in Los Angeles and South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa or order on the Internet at bodega chocolates.com.

Donna Deane

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Imagine crushing blood oranges together with hand-picked Mission olives. The olive oil picks up the fragrant oils in the orange rind, becoming subtly flavored. Blood Orange Olive Oil is the latest product from the Olive Press, a 6-year-old partnership of 13 olive growers in Glen Ellen, Calif. Drizzle the oil over fennel or spinach salads, spring asparagus or other vegetables, or use it to add some pizazz to simple grilled salmon or roasted chicken.

Blood Orange Olive Oil, 250-milliliter bottle, $18, plus shipping, (800) 965-4839 or on the Web at www.theolivepress.com.

S. Irene Virbila