February 23, 2008
Wine
Winemakers in Alsace have been active since the Roman conquest.
The Alsatians themselves are a mixed French-Germanic lot, with many of the older inhabitants still speaking Alsatian, a Germanic dialect, at home. Despite living in the smallest winemaking region in France, these proud people rightfully boast of their centuries old winemaking traditions.
Six thousand wine growers [...]
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February 23, 2008
Chocolate
Chocolate comes in many varieties, with milk chocolate and dark chocolate being among the most popular – for drinking, there’s hot chocolate too.
The word ‘chocolate’ is a combination of terms from the Aztecs meaning ‘bitter water’. That’s an odd thing, considering we typically associate chocolate with something sweet. But that sweetness is the result of [...]
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