Friday, April 1, 2011

Making Chocolate Your Life's Work

If you're a lover of books AND chocolate, then I recommend this book:  Discover Chocolate - The Ultimate Guide to Buying, Tasting, and Enjoying Fine Chocolate by Clay Gordon. It was an indulgent read (he he.) But I learned a great deal, which in turn could only enhance my monthly cravings for all things chocolate.


This book delves into a great amount of detail, including the making of chocolate and the difference between chocolates. (Like, I don't eat the generic Easter stuff, it tastes like sweet plastic. But I have yet to endure the strong stuff, like the chocolate with 85% cocoa, pictured above.)

Reading this book will teach you the finer points of chocolate enjoyment. And since I'm a nut about what's on the net, I had to go to the author's site.

The Chocolate Life is a network of "chocophiles" in love with all aspects of chocolate. Wow. Now that's paying some serious homage to chocolate!

12 comments:

Small Burst said...

oooh. love Chocolate Life. not gonna lie-i must have my chocolate and get cranky if i don't. There's always chocolate chips in the fridge and yes if necessary, I will sneak a few morsels out. Hey-desperate times calls for desperate measures. This book sounds fab-sounds like I could find my inner chocolate chi.

Casey Martinez said...

I am not a huge chocolate eater but, I totally get what you saying about cheap chocolate tasting funny! I used to hate those easter bunnies my family gave me that were huge and solid chocolate...lol. They always tasted weird to me;0 hehe.

Anonymous said...

I have eaten dark chocolate for so long that now all other chocolate taste too sweet.

Esther said...

Cheap chocolate is GROSS. I insist every year that the eggs the kids get are Hershey's. You're right--everything else is just plastic!

Marlene said...

I SO love chocolate! As far as brands go I'm all about compromise. I don't like the Easter bunny stuff or the really fancy (low sugar) stuff either. My favorite is Dove Promises, milk chocolate! Mmmm!

Beth E. said...

My ultimate chocolate indulgence is Harry & David's Dark Chocolate Truffles. Yummm! :-9

LenoreNeverM♡re said...

quality is always better than quantity~ i'd say!
Adore good chocolates!

Kristy said...

Would you believe I have bought/made 2 things from your posts this week? The potato, bacon, ham chowder - and bought nutella (for the very first time!) and had it on Ritz. Both were SSOOO good. I loved the chowder/soup. It's funny, my daughter saw a commercial for Nutella, and said she wanted to try it. Then I showed her your post, and then she asked me to please get it at the store. She has ate the most of it!

Suzanne said...

Oh Kristy! That's so encouraging! Wait till I post about our latest creation-made out of leftover ingredients and our desire for chocolate!!

Unknown said...

Oooh, do they discuss dark chocolate? Because that's MY absolute favorite thing that I can NEVER say no to. :)

Blessings,
Rosann
http://www.christiansupermom.com/

Suzanne said...

Hey Rosann, in the book, he does talk a lot about ALL chocolate, I think you'll find it fascinating!

Andrea said...

Loooooove me some chocolate!!!!

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