Yearly Archives: 2007

Complicated chocolate

Feb 14

It seems right that on Valentine’s Day I should come upon this article about the reasons to seek out free trade chocolate.

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… or do I mean Revenge of the Nutria? Visitors to Florence, I’m told, often remark on the web-footed, beaver-like creatures you can see frolicking in the Arno. Here too in Parma we’d noticed mammals in the river and wondered … Continue reading →

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Chocolate finale

Feb 10

How do you make 24 foodie students happy? So easy. Make their last class on Friday afternoon a chocolate tasting session. We were reunited with our affable guide through cured meats, Mirco Marconi, who confessed his passion for artisanal chocolate, … Continue reading →

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Belgian cuisine to kitchen gardens

Feb 9

We said a fond farewell to Peter Schollier on Wednesday, after an entertaining journey through Belgian cuisine and the poles of food neophilia and neophobia. Belgian cuisine, which for most of us (who might think of it) means moules et … Continue reading →

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Carbon footprints

Feb 6

I seem to be shuttling back and forth between cultures so much I am either so far ahead of my current pack or so well behind them that my terminology is incomprehensible to anyone but myself. One term I heard … Continue reading →