by Mark Christian | Jul 29, 2009 | The Crush Pad Editorials |
For decades Venezuela has been touted as the capital cacáo-growing country in the world, based on earned reputation & the strength of Maricel Presilla’s correct evaluation at the time in her book New Taste of Chocolate (originally published in 2001), so much so...
by Mark Christian | Jul 8, 2009 | Bottom Shelf |
Bookcase Location: BOTTOM SHELF – Honorable Mention Coffee table material, sumptuously photographed with engravings, paintings, portraits, graphs, maps, & collectible memorabilia. A compilation with each chapter written by different author(s). Contains the...
by Mark Christian | Jul 2, 2009 | Bottom Shelf |
Bookcase Location: BOTTOM SHELF – Honorable Mention Somewhat outdated, this compendium is larded with a repetitive human-interest narration (‘he grew up the son of a master baker, in the little town of…. went to the École of Culinary Arts to study...
by Mark Christian | Jun 1, 2009 | Bottom Shelf |
Bookcase Location: BOTTOM SHELF – Honorable Mention Bonbons the conduit for this piece of Magic Realism Schlockolat. English-speaking cast of heavyweights set incongruously in an insular French village where the devil’s apprentice herself, Vianne Rocher...
by Mark Christian | Mar 14, 2009 | The Crush Pad Editorials |
Dining at an upmarket restaurant in NYC, one of those über-priced temples owned by a rock-star chef. The dessert menu lists an Amedei hot chocolate beverage. Which Amedei? The waitress snaps back with “Chuao”, (pronounced ‘chew-wow’), “and we’re one of only a few...
