New Orleans' Chocolate City Shirts Wear Well Across the Country
New Orleans, LA (ContentDesk) January 27, 2006 -- On Martin Luther King Day, Mayor C. Ray Nagin made headlines when he declared New Orleans will once again be a "chocolate city." Comments that have spawned a cottage industry of T-shirts.Within hours of Nagin's declaration, dozens of Chocolate City political satire shirts popped up. A search on Cafe Press for "Chocolate City" resulted in 63 original designs, including shirts, bumper stickers and coffee mugs. Cafe Press is an online merchant which allow a graphic designer to upload their original creations and begin selling immediately.Steve Apple, a New Orleanian who was displaced by Hurricane Katrina, hawks his "New Orleans a Chocolate City with Nuts" shirts at http://www.cafepress.com/chocolatecity2"The design was created purely for humor," Apple said, adding that he cannot wait for more inspiration at the Mayor's next speech.Other shops include imnotchocolate.com, which gained national attention by CNN, have sold several thousand shirts and zazzle.com.Nagin said he simply meant to assure a black audience that the unique black culture and heritage of New Orleans would be respected and protected in the rebuilding. How do you make chocolate? You take dark chocolate, you mix it with white milk, and it becomes a delicious drink.
That is the chocolate I am talking about," he said."New Orleans was a chocolate city before Katrina. It is going to be a chocolate city after. How is that divisive? It is white and black working together, coming together and making something special," he said. Before the hurricane, New Orleans was more than 60 percent Black.Nagin has since apologized for his chocolate comments, "I said some things that were totally inappropriate. ...
It shouldn't have happened," explaining he was caught up in the moment as he spoke to mostly black spectators, many of whom are fearful of being shut out of the city's rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina.
His legacy follows him through satire sales..
Is Chocolate A New Health Food?
Could it be possible that our beloved chocolate may actually be good for us? This is the nutrition news we have all been waiting for. So here is the scoop on chocolate and its health benefits. Yes, you read right, health benefits!Recent studies show that cocoa and dark chocolate with a high cocoa content contain many heart-healthy antioxidants. They contain a compound called flavonoids which may help prevent the oxidation of LDL (bad) cholesterol and raise HDL (good) cholesterol levels in the blood. There is also some evidence that these flavonoids may prevent certain cancers.
It is important that we are all on the same page here, not all chocolate have these health benefits. The healthy flavonoids found in chocolate are found in the cocoa butter and cocoa solids. Milk chocolate is diluted with milk and sugar and contains little amounts of these substances, therefore providing fewer health benefits. So, for those of you who love dark chocolate this is your lucky day! The darker...
Is Chocolate A New Health Food?
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Gardening - For the Love of Chocolate - New Specialty Nursery Grows "Chocolate" Plants
Imagine a garden filled with chocolate ? chocolate mint; chocolate columbine; chocolate morning glories; chocolate nasturtiums; chocolate daylilies; chocolate foxglove; chocolate sunflowers and much more.Imagination becomes reality this spring at Chocolate Flower Farm where owners Marie Lincoln and Bill Schlicht specialize in growing unusual, rich, dark plants that add a spot of drama and exotic beauty to the garden.
Not just chocolate colored plants but plants in shades of maroon, purple and black and even several plants that smell like chocolate such as Chocolate Cosmos (Cosmos atrosanguiness), Chocolate Flower (Berlandiera lyrata) and Chocolate Vine (Akebia quinata). What came first, the chocolate or the flowers?
"Our nursery is named after Bill's love of chocolate and my passion for gardening.
I already was partial to dark plants and had quite a collection of them in our gardens, thus we combined our two passions and named our farm Chocolate Flower Farm.
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Chocolove Introduces Chocolatour - A Limited Production, Single Origin Chocolate Bar
Chocolatour is a new line of single origin, vintage chocolate bars from Chocolove, a premium chocolate manufacturer. Chocolatour offers a world tour of chocolate.Eating a Chocolatour is an experience like tasting a bottle of fine wine. You can choose a specific terroir and vintage and if you taste carefully, you'll be able to taste something of the country and the weather.Because Chocolatour is made from single origin cocoa beans and weather affects the quality of the cocoa bean from year to year, Chocolatour will be made exclusively from origins and vintages that have high quality cocoa beans. Consequently, Chocolatour is made in limited productions and some origins may be available only once in a few years.2004's production was limited to 5,000 bars of each origin. Currently, Chocolatour is available in: Sao Tome dark chocolate with 70% cocoa content, Grenada dark chocolate with 60% cocoa content and Java milk chocolate with 33% cocoa content."The 2004 production offers the consumer...
Chocolove Introduces Chocolatour - A Limited Production, Single Origin Chocolate Bar
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Chocolate Spa Treatments: Aphrodisiac or Therapeutic?
Clearwater Bch, FL (ContentDesk) February 14, 2006 -- This Valentine's Day, employees at Sharmaines Salon & Day Spa ask, "Why is it when we see a creamy chocolate fondue fountain we smile and feel tingly all over? What is it about chocolate that affects our mind, body and soul the way it does? What does chocolate do to us?"Well heres the good news. Chocolate contains flavinoids and antioxidants, which help reduce blood pressure. Of course a large part of the chocolate pleasure is in the taste, a deliciously rich concoction that satisfies the most intense craving. But, several chemical reactions are also at work. Chocolate stimulates the secretion of endorphins producing pleasurable sensations and seratonin also found in edible chocolate is shown to have mood lifting effects! So what this means is that we end up having feelings of happiness, love and passion.
The real truth however, is that scientists are not really positive how the over 300 chemicals contained in chocolate make...
Chocolate Spa Treatments: Aphrodisiac or Therapeutic?
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Chocolate Fountains are Quickly Becoming Increasingly Popular at Weddings and Parties in Atlanta, Georgia
(ContentDesk) October 14, 2005 -- Chocolate fountains add fun and excitement to parties and events. Atlanta Chocolate Company has recently opened for business to cater to the wedding reception and party market in the Atlanta, Georgia area.
What is a chocolate fountain? A chocolate fountain is a machine that is used to melt real chocolate, then the melted chocolate is carried by an auger to the top and then down over the tiers of the chocolate fountain. Then party guests dip items like fresh strawberries and marshmallows into the melted chocolate and enjoy their own creations.People talk about the chocolate fountain they experienced at a party or wedding reception long after the party is over.
I cant tell you how many times I have heard someone say their chocolate fountain was the hit of the party, says Sheri Johnson, owner of Atlanta Chocolate Company.Couples who are planning their weddings are always looking for a unique and memorable way to share their special...
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