The long road from cacao to chocolate
Chocolate is an oddity. It’s one of the few native American foodstuffs to make it immediately to the Old World. And now, when anyone who has any pride in their…
Read moreLeap frogging the Pacific: Chocolate and the Acapulco Galleon
The Pacific is a terrifying ocean. It’s not so much the storms. The Indian Ocean and the north Atlantic, the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn trump it there. …
Read moreChocolate Covered Fresa (Strawberry)
A couple of weeks ago, my exuberant and observant friend Judith Klinger posted a non PC Italian advertisement for ice cream. It prompted me to post a Mexican rival, though…
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