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Thomas Haas Lychee. Canada. Dark chocolate ganache with lychee puree. This chocolate is a slim rectangle with an orange film square thinly covering part of the top. It has an attractive design. Before eating it, I wonder if the orange square is the lychee puree. I have only had canned lychees before, and like their flavor very much. When I put it ( Read more... ) -
Pretty ChocoBella
Another two chocolates from the most delicious Valentine's Day present ever:
Michel Cluizel Palet Au Miel. France. Chestnut Honey in Dark Chocolate.
Dark oval.
Beautiful laser printed image on top of a bee, a blossoming branch, and a flower.
Smells like honey.
Chocolate inside is a ganache.
No real taste of honey.
Slight nutty overtone.
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ChocoBella Exotic Box is still exciting!
Two different chocolate posts! I don't always have internet access, so here are the past two days chocolates in one entry.
The pleasures of the Norman Love Mint Chocolate Chip chocolate start before tasting it. It is a smooth dome shape in a light foamy green with chocolate drizzles patterned over it. It looks like a bird egg, but smells fresh and ( Read more... ) -
Cocoa Bella Olive Oil
I didn't know what chocolate to try after the delicious Maglio Stuffed Date. After some consideration, I decided on the Oriol Balaguer Olive Oil chocolate from Spain. Description: "Olive oil ganache in dark chocolate." I was drawn it because I couldn't imagine the taste. I love nothing more than eating pasta lashed with olive oil and garlic, but ( Read more... ) -
CocoaBella Chocolate Exotic Box
nihilistic_kid gave me a CocoaBella box of chocolates for Valentines Day. It is the most delicious present I have ever received. Last year when we were walking past the store, I had told him that I always liked to look at the chocolates on display and try the free samples. The presentation of the chocolates in the store is beautiful. They are arranged like ( Read more... ) -
i read the news everyday
.... and i suspect that it would make me much happier if it was more beautifully written.
Haaretz invited novelists and poets to take over their paper for a day. I think it sounds lovely.
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Re: Things That Make Me Innappropriately Laugh
When a journalist's last name "fits" the topic.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/10/opinion/10blow.html
(Am not undermining topic.)