A Chocolate Tasting at Pilgrims went down well with our customers. It was a chance not only to taste the best quality Belgian chocolates but to chat to chocolate expert, Mandy Weager (right in pic.), from the House of Sarunds, who had some good tips and advice.
Musical Chocolates. Pilgrims "piano" chocolates (shaped like a grand piano) were a great hit with the soloist and audience alike at a recent John Lill piano recital. You'll find these musical Chocolate Piano chocolates listed in the choices on our chocolates page.
OUR Love Affair with Chocolate began far earlier than previously thought. US scientists have discovered residues of cocoa - from which chocolate is made - in pots dating to 600 BC. This pushes back the earliest chemical evidence of chocolate use by about 1,000 years.
The Mayans were well-known chocoholics and the latest discovery of their enthusiasm for liquid chocolate comes from jugs belonging to a collection of well-preserved spouted ceramic vessels found at the Maya archaeological site at Colha, in northern Belize, in Central America. (Report attributed to Christine McGourty, BBC Science Correspondent.)
CHOCOHOLICS are being warned to be sceptical about claims that chocolate is good for the heart. Scientists sponsored by a confectionery maker say new research suggests that chocolate thins the blood and may help prevent blood clots. Eating chocolate as part of a balanced diet could help maintain a healthy heart and circulation, they propose.
Chocolate Sculpture. For this replica of Salvador Dali's "Space Venus", Prudence Emma Staite used 50 kg of plain chocolate. The artist's technique was to sculpt the piece using her tongue and teeth. Wow!
The sculpture was created to celebrate "Chocolate Week" and the centenary of Dali's birth (Dali Universe, London's South Bank).