DEEP TASTING: CHOCOLATE & WHISKEY by Rev. Dr. R.M. Peluso
Wine & chocolate pairings form ruinous marriages that quickly sue for divorce in the court of oral chambers. Conversely, chocolate & spirits – whiskey, cognac, armagnac, et.al. -- succeed fabulously well together. So well they hook-up in palette porno....
Deep Tasting: A Chocolate Lover’s Guide to Meditation by Rev. Dr. R.M. Peluso
Seek & Ye Shall Find: Faith, Chocolate, & Enlightenment Buy it Here FULL DISCLOSURE: Rev. Dr. R.M. Peluso is a contributing editor to the C-spot®. The book reviewed below mentions the C-spot® & discusses her work with, & the relationship to it. Other...
Der Schokoladentester
It's been a couple of years since director of sourcing & QA manager Georg Bernardini left Coppeneur Chocolate, a barsmith that vaulted to stratospheric heights around 2009 on the strength of his work on seed selection & applying the German art of engineering,...
On the Chocolate Trail, by Deborah Prinz (2012)
Everyone knows folks insanely devoted to chocolate (ahem) but who knew Jews are meshuga (crazy) for it? Leave it to a yente Rabbi to get all farklempt over it. Rabbi Debbie Prinz. The working title of her book – Jews on the Chocolate Trail – might God-smack of some...
Sacred Gifts, Profane Pleasures: A History of Tobacco & Chocolate in the Atlantic World, by Marcy Norton (2008)
Sacred Gifts, Profane Pleasures (“SGPP”) - a title that resounds as an answer back at RC Zaehner’s Mysticism, Sacred & Profane (1961) & whose subtitle faintly echoes...
Chocolate in Mesoamerica: A Cultural History of Cacao, edited by Cameron McNeil (2006)
Bookcase Location: MIDDLE SHELF - Permanent Collection A scholarly compendium for which the title is the synopsis. McNeil has convened a symposium of world-class scholars. The book gets off to a halting start on the tree’s botany that suffers from an over-reliance on...
Candy Freak, by Steve Almond (2004)
Bookcase Location: MIDDLE SHELF - Permanent Collection Good title. Good chapter headings too: Night of the Living Freak; Last Man in America with Black Jack Gum; In the Belly of the Freak; Southbound with the Hammers Down - Southern-Fried Freak; Marshmallow Parallax;...
The Genetic Diversity of Cacao & its Utilization, by Basil Bartley (2005)
Bookcase Location: MIDDLE SHELF - Permanent Collection Bertrand Russell listed a couple motives for reading a book: either enjoyment or to boast about it. He might’ve added a 3rd: for learning.... on what to avoid reading in the future. No matter what stack of...
psyche delicacies – coffee, chocolate, chiles, kava & cannabis & why they’re good for you, by Chris Kilham (2001)
Bookcase Location: MIDDLE SHELF - Permanent Collection OK, the alliterative subtitle may be tripp-indued, but this book brings the facts & laughs. Chris Kilham is a medicine hunter, trekking the wilds in search of potions to return to civilization like a...
Chocolate: The Sweet History, by Beth Kimmerle (2005)
Bookcase Location: MIDDLE SHELF - Permanent Collection Nostalgic trip down memory lane – even for kids just born this morning. Great photos of posters, trademarks, labels, ads, & more. Like Thompson Candy’s pack of Camels called Humps chocolate “cigarettes”. And...