Archive for February, 2010

Gourmet chocolate museum opens in Paris

Paris now has its very own chocolate museum. Choco-Story, “the gourmet chocolate museum,” officially opened on February 5.

The museum retraces the 4,000-year-old history of cocoa through displays and artefacts and explains chocolate-making techniques with demonstrations and tastings.

Ironically, Paris’s first… Read the rest

Paris chocolatiers celebrate Valentine’s Day

From a chocolate alphabet to create your own Valentine’s message (Jean-Charles Rochoux) to limited edition chocolate “diamond rings” (A la Mère de Famille), Paris’s chocolatiers have come up with some deliciously creative ways to mark the day with chocolate.… Read the rest