by Mark Christian | Mar 17, 2016 | Book Reviews, Top Shelf
Get it Here Faulkner noted “fiction is often the best fact”. Little wonder metaphors suit Mayan cosmology better than archeology & anthropology. Just as lines of great poetics break the sentence & suspend meaning, the Mayan world in which reified becomes...
by Mark Christian | Feb 20, 2016 | Newsletters
Crushpad Newsletter Newsbites for the Chocoscenti January 2016, Issue #24 — Issue #23 here Miss us? Miss you! Been just over a year since the last newsletter. Decided to take a break. We prefer something to say rather than just saying something. There’s no...
by Mark Christian | Dec 14, 2014 | Newsletters
Crushpad Newsletter Newsbites for the Chocoscenti December 2014, Issue #232 — Issue #22 here White Christmas… Just Add Cocoa Butter Last month we covered the Top 100s. Now we add in a forthcoming 100% – Åkesson’s Criollo. They’re coming from all directions...
by Mark Christian | Nov 18, 2014 | Newsletters
Crushpad Newsletter Newsbites for the Chocoscenti November 2014, Issue #22 — Issue #21 here Chocolate P.R. — Around the World in 47 Bars This month we add one more cacáo source to the map, heretofore untasted by just about, well, everyone: Puerto Rico....
by Mark Christian | Oct 18, 2014 | Newsletters
Crushpad Newsletter Newsbites for the Chocoscenti October 2014, Issue #21 — Issue #20 here Chocolate Revivals… shakin’ your bon-bons, waggin’ your tongues, & raising your bar like a tambourine That time of year again… more festivals dropping in our...
