Archive for January, 2007
A History of Chocolate
Wednesday, January 10th, 2007I find the best way to consider the history of chocolate is to actually eat some while I’m reading! We can thank the Mayan Indians for discovering and planting the first cocoa plants in 1500 BC, when the Olmec Indians began to grow them. They used to dry out the beans and then grind it […]
This is The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Ever
Wednesday, January 10th, 2007I know it’s a big call but I think I’ve got this right. You want to know it don’t you? If your answer is yes then you can classify yourself as a self confessed chocolate chip cookie addict. A real life cookie monster. OK here it is:
The Recipe
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/8 cup honey
1/8 cup butter
1/8 […]
Hot Chocolate - A Drink From Long Ago
Wednesday, January 10th, 2007Can you imagine a better way to warm up than with a big mug of hot chocolate on a cold windy winter’s night? Things sure have changed from the xocolatl as it was known by the Mayans.
The Origins of Hot Chocolate
Xocolatl when it was transported to Europe by the conquistadors, was the reserve of the […]
Treat Yourself With Gourmet Chocolates
Wednesday, January 10th, 2007You know the world is changing when the cognoscenti start to talk about gourmet chocolate in the same way other connoisseurs talk about wine. It used to be the norm that wine critics held sway using terms like gravel, blackberry, sweaty saddle and honey peach to describe a particular wine. These days a similar practice […]
Chocolate: Manna From Heaven
Wednesday, January 10th, 2007Chocolate, the exquisitely rich, dark sweet treat loved by billions all over the world, was originally discovered in the Amazonian jungles many thousands of years ago the precious Cacao plant from which the secret was eventually prised, was believed by the Mayans to have been created by the god Quetzalcoatl.
Because the food was given to […]
