Gina's Truffles
Gina Sonia Hardy is a Singaporean by birth who fell in love with a man from Trinidad, and eventually made the shift from Barclay's accountant to Trinidadian chocolatier. A box of her handmade truffles were given to President Obama when he visited the island in 2009.
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