| Sunday, January 11 2009 |
California Derby Lures Chocolate Candy
Chocolate Candy, who ran third in the CashCall Futurity (gr. I) at Hollywood Park last month, is among the horses already confirmed for the $100,000 California Derby at Golden Gate Fields Jan. 17.
Northern California's first major race for 3-year-olds who have aspirations for the Triple Crown trail, the California Derby will be contested at 1 1/16 miles. Entries will be taken on the morning of Jan. 14.
Chocolate Candy, a Kentucky-bred colt by Candy Ride, won the $100,000 Real Quiet Stakes at Hollywood Park prior to running third in the $750,000 CashCall Futurity Dec.
Anoshka “All girls love chocolate
According to the London daily Elaph, “Kol El Banat Bet’hib El Shokalatah” (All Girls Love Chocolate” is a short cinema film which is a new experience that Egyptian artist Anoshka has decided to go through. The new film is directed by Ahmad Haddad and produced by the artist Mahmoud Hamidah.
Anoshka stars in the new film with a number of new faces and even though she doesn’t mind starring in bigger productions, she believes that her new film has lots of creativity.
| Saturday, January 10 2009 |
Shopping bag: Bialetti Hot Chocolate Pot
Shopping bag
Bialetti’s electric Hot Chocolate Pot produces frothy, thick hot chocolate that is definitely a step up the cocoa ladder for chocoholics. It’s easy to use (though we had to fidget a bit with the frother); the creamy texture of the finished drink (we used supermarket cocoa) scored major points. It also can heat and froth milk for coffee or tea drinks. About $100 at Williams-Sonoma stores and by mail (williamssonoma.
| Friday, January 9 2009 |
Go on a chocolate indulgence this month, KASMIAH MUSTAPHA urges, as an ice-cream company concocts some new irresistible flavours.
COMFORT food, fattening and good for the heart because its antioxidant-rich.
Yes, chocolate is all these things. But the thing its best known for is, of course, how its rich, melt-in-your-mouth creaminess tastes so divine!
With this in mind, Haagen-Dazs has introduced, for a limited time, its Chocolate Hazelnut Brittle a chocolate ice-cream laced with fresh hazelnuts.
Hot chocolate, drinking chocolate:’ Where to find a frothy cup of hot chocolate in Melrose
it’s hot chocolate season and Melrose has a variety of choices at several caffeine cravers’ refueling stations. Some include a traditional cup, invoking nostalgic remembrances of youth, and fancier cocoa concoctions that bring a more refined touch to the winter classic. At Bohemian Coffeehouse, 132 West Emerson St., a cup of hot chocolate ranges from $2.60 for a small and $3.10 for a large, and is made with Ghirardelli Chocolate Company sauce.
Chocolate sales melt for Thorntons
CHOCOLATE retailer Thorntons yesterday blamed the drop in the number of shoppers on Britain’s high streets in the run- up to Christmas for melting sales in its stores.
The company said it had seen total sales decline 2.3% in the 12 weeks to December 27, to £77.6m, pulled down by the performance of its shops. These experienced a 6.6% drop in like-for-like sales during the period, with total sales down 5.4%
Chocolate Sliders Coming to Ritz-Carlton
Buttery chocolate streusel Napoleon. Extra dark Black Forest griotine cake. Fluffy chocolate chip marshmallow. Chocolate nougat “Montelimar Style.”
You like that, baby? You want more?
How about a pistachio & chocolate pot de crème? Or chocolate sliders? Oh yeah.
Playing the romantic indulgence card, the Ritz-Carlton at Battery Park is bringing back the Chocolate Bar: A Carnival of Chocolate for the month of February.
Hot chocolate worthy of an adult
Forget the package of Swiss Miss. It’s quick to make and more quickly forgotten. Not so the gourmet hot chocolate or hot cocoa served up by cafes and restaurants.
When made from fine chocolate or cocoa, these steaming drinks are filling, flavorful, and above all, chocolaty. They’re so yummy, you’re missing a treat if you think of them as a child’s drink.
Continuing the program's Winter Sipping series, host Michel Martin travels to CoCo Sala, a chocolate lounge in Washington, D.C., for a sampling of their various hot chocolates. Owner and chocolate expert Nisha Sidhu walks listeners through the various flavors — from White Chocolate through Chocolate Peanut Butter.
Winter Sipping SeriesChocolate lovers can help community
A Chocolate Brunch Extravaganza will be hosted by Acclaim Health on Sunday, Feb. 8.
The event will take place from 10:30 a. m. to 1:30 p. m. at Rattlesnake Point Golf Club.
Tickets cost $55 per person and will feature chocolate-drizzled strawberries, fountains of smooth rich chocolate and melt-in-your-mouth truffles.
The event is a celebration of community spirit as business, families and friends join together to raise funds so individuals in the community can benefit from Acclaim Health’s charitable services regardless of their ability to pay.
| Thursday, January 8 2009 |
Compliment ‘better than chocolate
A COMPLIMENT gives a better feel-good boost than a bar of chocolate.
The claim comes from a survey of people in Glasgow which found that 58% would rather be praised than go for a workout (13%), have a bar of chocolate (9%) or a glass of wine (9%).
The poll was commissioned by National Lottery Good Causes to highlight the £1billion that has been invested in projects supporting health and wellbeing.
Charmed by Chocolate festival scheduled Feb. 7 downtown Ada
It’s time again for Ada Main Street’s annual Charmed by Chocolate festival. The Festival will be held Saturday Feb. 7, from noon until 4 p.m. downtown Ada.
Contestants may send in their registration forms any time between Jan. 2-Feb. 6. Entries will be divided into three categories: Amateur, Professional and Parent/Child. Participants are asked to submit two (2) of each dessert, i.e. cakes or pies (2), cookies or brownies (2 dozen) or chocolates (3 pounds).
Tea not your cup of tea? Try Sjölinds Chocolate House
Beyond teahouses, coffee shops, beer bars and wine bistros, there's yet another kind of beverage destination -- in Mount Horeb.
Chocolate houses were historically a kind of public living room where patrons met their friends, sipped hot chocolate and munched on pastries, and they were all the rage in 17th and 18th century Vienna and London.
Pastry chef Tracy Thompson saw no reason why such a place wouldn't be just as popular today as it was hundreds of years ago.
JAPAN: Lotte acquires Mary Chocolate
Japanese confectioner Lotte Holdings Co. has acquired Tokyo-based premium chocolate maker Mary Chocolate Co.
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It's time to savor warm, sweet voluptuous hot chocolate
I have been a chocolate lover practically since birth. But my romance with hot chocolate didn't begin until I moved from California to the East Coast and started working a few days a week at a small chocolate shop and cafe that specialized in thick, rich, mind-numbingly delicious hot chocolate.
I don't think you can really appreciate the pleasures of chocolate's liquid, warm sweetness until you've suffered through a week straight of below-zero temperatures, 3-foot snowdrifts and perpetually cold hands.
| Wednesday, January 7 2009 |
Former Beaumont author to discuss sweet power of chocolate
There's nothing yummier and more nourishing than chocolate, according to author Jan Bethancourt
The former Beaumont resident will share chocolate metaphors for nourishing spirits and unleashing inner strength at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at St. Anne's Catholic Church, 2817 Calder Ave.
Bethancourt's new book, "Be Empowered! Eat Chocolate with Breakfast," is intended to motivate women of all ages to dream big, achieve their goals and overcome obstacles.
It isn't just for breakfast anymore. Hot chocolate doesn't even have to be liquid. The recent chocolate bar-shaped cookbook, "Chocolat" by Stephan Lagorce (Octopus, 2008), offers 40 recipes including Hot Chocolate Souffle. Mr. Lagorce, a culinary instructor on the science of chocolate at the Agro Paris Tech Science and Industry Institute, writes, "Like all souffles, this recipe is a bit demanding as it needs to be made at the last minute, but it's well worth it."
Silence is golden for hard-of-hearing party animal
First let me thank you if you contacted me about last week's story of Heymin, Potions' dog, who ate half-a- box of chocolates and then eat all but two chocolate bells off the Christmas Tree.
And yes, it was a big tree. Heymin would have had to get up about seven feet to get the top ones, and he didn't coup the tree.
Craft Chocolate Makers of America Formed
Amano Artisan Chocolate, De Vries Chocolate, Patric Chocolate, Taza Chocolate and Askinosie Chocolate have come together to form Craft Chocolate Makers of America. Their mission: to bring craft chocolate of excellent quality to Americans as an affordable pleasure.
The five chocolate makers founded the guild as a way to coordinate with each other on issues such as cocoa supply, chocolate quality, technical issues, export, and to promote the use of craft chocolate making methods as a means to create fine-quality chocolate.
Hot chocolate desserts range from simple to complex
Whether it's steaming chocolate fondue coating a fat, red strawberry or the dark shiny puddle of warm chocolate oozing from a cake, there's an almost irresistible appeal to hot chocolate desserts.
Maybe that's because those desserts simultaneously engage a multitude of senses:
"It's comfort food," says Scott Jones, executive chef at the Walnut Grove restaurant in Fox Chapel Plaza. "Warmth is a comfort thing.
Stop for chocolate (and Guy Fieri, inauguration treats...)
The annual Boston Chocolate Tour, one of the highlights of the city’s winter culinary calendar, kicks off on Saturday and continues each Saturday through April 25.
The guided three-hour tour via Old Town Trolley stops at some of Boston’s most exclusive locations, including the Top of the Hub restaurant and the Omni Parker House, and ends at the Langham Hotel, with its decadent chocolate buffet.
Silverton's Chocolate Box sells items made by state chocolatiers
SILVERTON — The Chocolate Box has opened in Silverton's historic district at 202 N Water St.
The boutique confection shop features handmade truffles, dark and milk chocolates, English buttered toffee, cocoa powders, pecan turtles, fudge and more, made exclusively by Oregon chocolatiers, including Euphoria Chocolate, Extreme Chocolates, KeKau and the Brigittine Monks.
Chocolates are sold by the piece or by the box. Gift cards and gift baskets are available.
Tickets on sale now for chocolate festival
Tickets are on sale now for the Firehouse Art Center's 27th annual Chocolate Festival 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 7 at Norman North High School, 1809 Stubbeman Ave.
Advance tickets are available at the Firehouse Art Center, 444 S. Flood Ave. Tickets also will be available at the door.
Chocolate tasting sessions are 11:30 a.m., noon, 12:30 p.m., 1 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 for members of the Firehouse Art Center and $18 for non-members, and include 10 chocolate samples.
Young lady entrepreneur aims to be Bicols chocolate magnate
LEGAZPI CITY, Jan. 7 (PNA)--The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is helping a 23-year old lady entrepreneur based in Naga City in promoting her home-made chocolate products to gain headway into the international market.
"Marian Gabrielle Bordados homegrown confectionspremium chocolates with pilinuts instead of the common macadamia or almond is a hit among local and foreign tourists visiting Naga City.
It looks destined to become another dollar earner for the country, DTI regional director for Bicol Jocelyn Blanco said Wednesday.
| Tuesday, January 6 2009 |
Keep warm the best hot chocolate around
In these cold Ohio winters, there is absolutely nothing better than settling down with a book, a blanket and a huge cup of hot chocolate.
With that in mind, FUNCOAST.COM set out trying to find the best hot chocolate in the area, whether it’s a tiny coffee shop or a huge national chain.
Check out what we discovered.
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Professor loved education, humor
For Miami Dade College engineering professor Ignacio Warner, even a chocolate batido had to be properly constructed.
His diabetes notwithstanding, he regularly ordered the thick milkshakes at La Caretta, a Cuban restaurant near his home in Key Biscayne.
''That waiter already knew that if you put the knife in the middle of the shake and it didn't stand straight up, you took it back,'' said his wife, Lilibet Warner.
Remember that your hot chocolate will be only as good as your chocolate bar.
FOAMY HOT CHOCOLATE
Serves: 8
4 cups whole milk (not nonfat)
6 ounces semisweet chocolate (such as Valrhona 64 percent cacao)
4 tablespoons sugar
1 4-inch vanilla bean, split
1 teaspoon arrowroot
Pour milk into saucepan. Using a chef's knife, chop chocolate, almost shaving it into shards. This will make it easier to blend into the milk.
An evening of chocolate, wine, heavy hors d'oeuvres, dancing and auctions highlight CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of Grayson County's annual fundraiser, Chocolate Indulgence, to be held from 7 -11 p.m., Feb. 14, at the Municipal Ballroom in Sherman.
"Our event has always been scheduled near Valentine's Day, Asa Jessee, CASA board president said. " This year, it will actually be held on Valentine's Day, making it the perfect romantic setting while helping a very worthy cause."
Chocolate fest, youth tourney on tap
DANBURY -- Officials of two nonprofit organizations are asking the Common Council to support -- and possibly provide funding -- for events later this year that could bring hundreds of visitors to the city.
In a request the council will discuss during its meeting Tuesday, the Volunteer Center serving Western Connecticut asked that an ad hoc committee be established to consider supporting a Hat City Chocolate Festival to be held in March.
| Monday, January 5 2009 |
Chocolate - a True American Tradition
ARA) - You've probably heard the saying, "As American as baseball, mom and apple pie." Well, the original author of that famous phrase left something out. Chocolate is all-American too. So as you celebrate Thanksgiving over a meal with friends and family this year, take a moment to consider how chocolate has helped to shape the American experience for more than three centuries.
People tend to associate chocolate with European culture, yet the confection's roots are actually a whole lot deeper in the Americas.
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CHOCOLATE for all the ages. Dickmann’s.
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Students build Ecuadorian chocolate factory
The group crossing the Napo River, an Amazon tributary, near Shandia, Ecuador.
At Washington University, the chocolate factory is more than something from Roald Dahl.
Jake Levitas and Mason Earles, seniors in the College of Arts & Sciences, have been working with a cocoa cooperative in Ecuador to build a chocolate factory.
"Last fall we took a semester off and traveled in Ecuador," said Levitas. "When we got there, we volunteered for Kallari, a local, organic cooperative based in the Amazon, with about 800 farming families.
| Sunday, January 4 2009 |
Rod Liddle: 'I've never had a go at Muslims, only Islam
After preparing chocolate and cinnamon French toast for his children's breakfast and before popping out to a delightful Wiltshire village pub for some lunch, Rod Liddle is explaining why he enjoys racist jokes so much more these days.
Humour that he found "staggeringly unfunny, offensive and bovine" in the Seventies, now raises a laugh with Liddle because the shock released by such a punch line is so powerful in these more politically correct times.
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Sapporo Breweries Ltd will release “Chocolat Brewery” beer from Jan 14 in a limited quantity. The new beer features chocolate malt and cacao to create a balmy flavor and bitter taste. Some 20,000 sets of 3 cans will be available on the company’s online site. From Jan 30, 12,000 cans of the beer will be available at shops only in Hokkaido.
External Link:http://www.sapporobeer.jp/
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Recipe: Depths of Sin Hot Chocolate
This hot chocolate lives up to its name. It is deeply rich and chocolaty without being cloyingly sweet. And it is so thick and creamy, you'll be tempted to eat it with a spoon.
The drink owes its lush body in part to a banana that is pureed into the milk and cream. If the combination of chocolate and banana doesn't work for you, just leave it out and add another 1/4 cup of heavy cream.
| Saturday, January 3 2009 |
Fruit ’n’ nut chocolate bread and butter pudding
Believe it or not, this isn’t as rich as it sounds. Allow the pudding to cool slightly before serving – you want it to be warm, not piping hot, when it reaches the table.
60g sultanas
4 tbsp amaretto
400g panettone or fruit loaf, sliced
50g unsalted butter, softened
150g dark chocolate
300ml double cream
300ml whole milk
2 large free-range eggs
2 large free-range egg yolks
Chocolate Bayou plant shuttered indefinitely
LIVERPOOL A lack of demand for ethylene and propylene manufactured at LyondellBasells Chocolate Bayou plant will keep the facility closed indefinitely, company officials said Friday.
But so far, the plant is not part of any bankruptcy proceedings,
The 400 on-hold jobs at the plant, which has a capacity of 1.2 billion pounds per year of ethylene and 725 million pounds of propylene, include both contractors and company employees.
| Friday, January 2 2009 |
Obama Chic: The Chocolate Chunk Cookie Sensation
A Des Moines diner has seen its cookie sales skyrocket since the Obama girls took a liking to them last year.
By Jennifer Lawinski
FOXNews.com
Friday, January 02, 2009
Baby Boomers Cafe owners Tom Magnani, left, and Rodney Maxfield, show off a jar of cookies at their cafe in Des Moines, Iowa. The chocolate-chunk cookies were popular with the family of President-elect Barack Obama, including daughters Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, during the campaign season.
Coffee and Chocolate Holding Up in Down Economy
In the United States, the true comfort foods are chocolate and coffee -which may provide relief for investors battered by plummeting prices for oil, gold, wheat and other products.
The prices of most commodities have tumbled this year as recession has spread around the globe, hammering consumer demand for the raw materials that go into a loaf of bread, your car’s gas tank and much more.
SOME 35,000 homes and businesses were left without power as a Sydney chocolate factory was destroyed by fire.
Emergency crews were called to the two-storey factory in Meeks Road in Marrickville about 11pm (AEDT) yesterday.
More than 50 firefighters worked to combat the blaze, bringing it under control by 5.30am (AEDT) today, a NSW Fire Brigade spokesman said.
A wall of the factory bordering an electricity substation collapsed, leading to the loss of power to some 35,000 homes and businesses in the city's inner west.
Milk Chocolate -- a Sweet, Delicious Trend
ARA) - No matter the occasion or season, love of chocolate is universal. America's cocoa worship continues to grow and, despite a down economy, people are treating themselves to a small luxury with premium chocolates.
Though they may skip a trip to their favorite restaurant or bakery for dessert, chocolate enthusiasts continue to look for everyday indulgences in products with the finest ingredients. In fact, U.
Chocolate, wine enhance brain power
LONDON: Do chocolates, tea and wine really improve your brain power? The answer is yes. Those who consumed chocolate, wine, or tea had significantly better mean test scores and lower prevalence of poor cognitive performance than those who did not, according to a study.
A team from Oxford University department of physiology, anatomy and genetics examined the relation between cognitive performance and the intake of three common foodstuffs that contain flavonoids (chocolate, wine, and tea) in 2,031 older people (aged between 70-74).
| Thursday, January 1 2009 |
Chocolate Underground , Tezuka's MW Film Trailers Posted
The official Japanese website for the anime version of Alex Shearer 's Bootleg novel is now streaming a trailer for the theatrical film. The anime film will open in Japan on January 31 under the satirical novel's Japanese name, Chocolate Underground . Like the novel, film and the earlier net-streamed version follow two English boys who create a bootleg chocolate factory after their country bans chocolate.
Homes blacked out as chocolate factory burns
SOME 35,000 homes and businesses were left without power as a Sydney chocolate factory was destroyed by fire.
Emergency crews were called to the two-storey factory in Meeks Road in Marrickville about 11pm (AEDT) yesterday.
More than 50 firefighters worked to combat the blaze, bringing it under control by 5.30am (AEDT) today, a NSW Fire Brigade spokesman said.
A wall of the factory bordering an electricity substation collapsed, leading to the loss of power to some 35,000 homes and businesses in the city's inner west.
Fire destroys Sydney chocolate factory
A Sydney chocolate factory has been destroyed by fire for the second time in five years.
Emergency crews were called to the two-storey factory in Meeks Road in Marrickville at about 11pm (AEDT) on Thursday.
More than 50 firefighters worked to combat the blaze, bringing it under control by 5.30am (AEDT) on Friday, a NSW Fire Brigade spokesman said.
A wall of the factory bordering an electricity substation collapsed, leading to the loss of power to some 35,000 homes and businesses in the city's inner west.
Places to get your chocolate fix
There's hot chocolate and then there's hot chocolate. If you crave real cocoa, mixed with warm milk and topped with whipped cream and maybe a squirt of chocolate syrup or a sprinkling of chocolate shavings, here are five places to consider:
1. Cavallini's in the Park, 6700 South St. (in the train station), Tinley Park; (708) 444-4946.
2. Starbucks, 10301 S. Cicero, Oak Lawn; (708) 425-7240.
3. Dracula Cafe, 16703 Oak Park Ave.,
Cave Turns To German Chocolate
This year started better than the last one ended for trainer Paul Cave who is hoping his stable star German Chocolate can keep the good times rolling by recapturing his best form at Randwick on Saturday.
Cave received a pleasant surprise with the victory of problem horse Dothis Dothat who was booted home by apprentice Nathan Berry at Randwick on New Year's Day in the At Sea Handicap (1300m).
Hot chocolate that's almost too good to drink
This hot chocolate lives up to its name. It is deeply rich and chocolatey without being cloyingly sweet. And it is so thick and creamy, you'll be tempted to eat it with a spoon.
The drink owes its lush body in part to a banana that is pureed into the milk and cream. If the combination of chocolate and banana doesn't work for you, just leave it out and add another 1/4 cup of heavy cream.