Confectionally Yours Journal
A Journal of Craft, Memory & Meaning
Featuring the Palimpsest, Nostalgic Nibbles, the Orphicon & Nostalgic Confections Studio.
A framework of memory, craft, sweet traditions, and the quiet work of making.
Current Issue
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Beyond Chocolate: Guittard’s Coffee Years
Read This Issue: Beyond Chocolate: Guittard’s Coffee YearsE. Guittard & Co. kept a store at 405 and 407 Sansome Street in San Francisco. Etienne Guittard had come from Tournus, in eastern France, during the Gold Rush, and had been in business for himself since 1868.
Welcome to Confectionally Yours Journal
Each edition gathers stories of confectionery heritage, family legacy, and mindful making — honoring the hands, histories, and sweetness that shape our shared craft. Through essays, recipes, reflections, and visual archives, we explore the quiet connections between memory and creation, flavor and feeling.
The Rooms
More from the Palimpsest
A different plate each visit
From the Archive
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Chocolat Francais — Guittard Trademark No. 6,858, 1878
Look Closer: Chocolat Francais — Guittard Trademark No. 6,858, 1878Trademark registration for Chocolat Francais prepared chocolate, E. Guittard & Co., San Francisco, registered December 3, 1878. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, TRADEMARKS, no. 6858.
— What Actually StaysBurns were not accidents. They were tuition.
Nostalgic Confections
Keep the good things going
Confectionally Yours Journal is where the craft is kept — essays on confectionery history, archive photographs with their provenance intact, and the working knowledge that lived in people’s hands.
No ads. No products. Just the work, shared.