Tag: chocolate
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Five Chocolate Bars You Should Be Eating Now
Carol Pinchefsky November 23, 2012
The taxonomical name for chocolate is Theobroma, that is, food of the gods—appropriately named, because these beans, when dried, processed, and sweetened, make a tasty confection that is simply divine. Not only is chocolate potentially a health-saver (as Forbes blogger Dr. Robert Glatter, put it, the flavonoids in chocolate “may provide antioxidant, anti-thrombotic, and generalized anti-inflammatory protection against cardiovascular disease”), but also it’s tasty as hell. Let’s eat.
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The Five Best Chocolate Bars You’ve Never Tasted
Carol Pinchefsky April 27, 2012
According to the International Cocoa Association, the net sales value of confectionaries in 2011 was $55 billion worldwide. And I can safely say that I contributed to that value.