Kate and Steve Shaffer

Our second featured guests are, Kate and Steve Shaffer, founders and owners of Black Dinah Chocolatiers. With merely the desire to remain on the island and with the community they had grown to love, recently unemployed Kate Shaffer and her husband Steve began Black Dinah Chocolatiers in the summer of 2007. Since then, the small, artisanal chocolate company has garnered media attention, accolades and awards both regionally and nationally. Kate’s award winning book, Desserted: Recipes and Tales from an Island Chocolatier (DownEast Books, Oct. 2011), was chosen by Food & Wine as one of the best 25 of the year.