Idylls of Cuisine #28
August 30, 2009
[A picture, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.]
Tag: Chocolate
Pie in the Sky: A Review of Janet Clarkson’s “Pie: A Global History”
March 31, 2009
You will eat, bye and bye, In that glorious land above the sky; Work and pray, live on hay, You’ll get pie in the sky when you die. ~~ Joe Hill*, “The Preacher and the Slave” chorus, 1911 Everybody knows what pie is, right? Wrong, and Janet Clarkson (The Old Foodie) tells us why in … More Pie in the Sky: A Review of Janet Clarkson’s “Pie: A Global History”
“Old” News — Chocolaholics of 1000 Years Ago
February 8, 2009
Put the word “chocolate” in front of my eyes and my salivary glands start secreting. And, oh boy, when the real McCoy appears on a plate in front of me, watch out! Like that Chocolate Mousse Cake looking at you, kid. Even when the discussion involves people drinking chocolate over 1000 years ago, those old … More “Old” News — Chocolaholics of 1000 Years Ago
CHOCOLATE, CHOCOLATE, & MORE CHOCOLATE
September 26, 2008
I wait upon the Lieut. Governor at Dorchester and there meet with Mr. Torry, breakfast together on Venison and Chockalatte; I said Massachusetts and Mexico met his Honour’s Table. ~~The Diary of Samuel Sewall,* 1697~~ Chocolate, gotta love it. Most people do, although I’ve known a couple of die-hard chocolate haters. Then there are the … More CHOCOLATE, CHOCOLATE, & MORE CHOCOLATE