Cocoa Pasta – Experimental Recipe No.1

Paul and I went Christmas shopping at the weekend to our local shopping “mall”. We figured it would be sensible to go early and avoid large crowds but we forgot that there’s one thing that malls attract at any time of the year and that’s large crowds.  No matter. We had lunch at Yo! Sushi, [...]

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Chocolate of the World – Finland

For most of us, chocolate is a comforting food. We turn to it when we’re feeling low, we eat it during periods of celebration. A simple candy bar (as can any food. My husband is transported to Fridays in 1970s LaCrosse when he eats McDonalds Filet o’Fish) can transport us back to our childhood, a [...]

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Sweet Dreams Traditional Sweet Shop

It seems that the days of the corner shop are fading into obscurity. Supermarkets can supply the time-pushed shopper with everything, all under one roof.
However, is this a smart way to shop? The days of my childhood were mostly spent reading but I did look forward to a visit to the local sweet shop where [...]

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NEWSFLASH – FAT FREE CHOCOLATE!!

We’re all looking for a guilt-free way to indulge ourselves in heaps of chocolate, right? I think I may have the solution.
For all Chocoholic Gaming Afficionados, it was recently brought to my attention that there are three (yes, three!) games out there devoted to Theobroma Cacao.  Since then I have played all three games (not [...]

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What’s New?

It’s a hard job but someone’s got to do it….
With so many new developments going on in chocolate at the moment it’s hard to keep track. So, we do the dirty work for you and, in our high-tec tasting lab (also known as the “Kitchen” or the “Living Room”) we will be investigating the latest [...]

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