Well Betsy, this is well timed, what with the Girl Scouts setting up shop in front of virtually every grocery store in town. I heard there could be a shortage this year..but not for me. I loaded up on all my favorites including, of course, Thin Mints. Home with my stash, one sleeve of Thin Mints goes in the freezer, the other beside me on the couch as I read the latest from my run at the Library, George Saunders' "A Swim in a Pond in the Rain"; Saunders the teacher and his take on seven short stories by great Russian writers, and what makes them great—the stories not the writers. I'm trying not to get chocolate fingerprints on the pages as I turn them.
Just spilled my hot chocolate! I am thrilled you are reading my work, and your kindness in mentioning my writing is so appreciated. To set the record straight (splashes and all), Mackenzie Rivers is my real name.
Chocolate always hits the spot. Cocoa does it for me. I have been buying my wife 100g sugar-free dark chocolate bars for years. I square a night with coffee and extra squares when ironing. And when it come to films no mention of ‘Romantics Anonymous’, a 2010 French film. One of my favourite films, much of it set in a chocolate factory. It has a happy ending too. Look it up on Wikipedia. Find it and enjoy.
I am not a huge chocolate fan, for reasons I won't go into, but my hubby is. I buy him the healthy stuff, but left to his own devices he'll go for the Hershey's Milk Chocolate every time!
I love sweet chocolates with the occasional imported bitter chocolate. My favorite brand at my local grocery story is Chuao Chocolatier. They have a flavor called baconluxious which is very good and firecracker dream with sprinkles and hazelnuts which is my celebration chocolate. They also have a bunch of other flavors on their website. I can’t keep up.
I usually eat butter chocolate people give me from overseas. Those are more experiences. What is this flavor telling me about where it’s from? What is unique about it? Those I eat slowly and savor over weeks or months.
Chocolate was a minor player in my growing up. I could live without it, but I do enjoy dark chocolate from time to time. My sister and my daughter feel the same. I wonder whether the absence of chocolate in our youth created this resistance. I bake a lot, and sometimes I make chocolate desserts (Drambuie Chocolate Mousse, chocolate cake and/or cupcakes) but I honestly prefer other flavors like lemon or lime, or Southern Butter Cake. ... As to what I'm reading, I just finished a gothic novel The Thirteenth Tale, am re-reading Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, and picking up Violeta from the library today.
Dark. Milk. Salted caramel. Yum. White chocolate is NOT chocolate. Just soap in disguise.
Well Betsy, this is well timed, what with the Girl Scouts setting up shop in front of virtually every grocery store in town. I heard there could be a shortage this year..but not for me. I loaded up on all my favorites including, of course, Thin Mints. Home with my stash, one sleeve of Thin Mints goes in the freezer, the other beside me on the couch as I read the latest from my run at the Library, George Saunders' "A Swim in a Pond in the Rain"; Saunders the teacher and his take on seven short stories by great Russian writers, and what makes them great—the stories not the writers. I'm trying not to get chocolate fingerprints on the pages as I turn them.
Just spilled my hot chocolate! I am thrilled you are reading my work, and your kindness in mentioning my writing is so appreciated. To set the record straight (splashes and all), Mackenzie Rivers is my real name.
Thank you so much for shouting out Well Read! And in such a lovely post, too. I love milk chocolate and Chocolat by Joanne Harris is a brilliant book!
Chocolate always hits the spot. Cocoa does it for me. I have been buying my wife 100g sugar-free dark chocolate bars for years. I square a night with coffee and extra squares when ironing. And when it come to films no mention of ‘Romantics Anonymous’, a 2010 French film. One of my favourite films, much of it set in a chocolate factory. It has a happy ending too. Look it up on Wikipedia. Find it and enjoy.
I am not a huge chocolate fan, for reasons I won't go into, but my hubby is. I buy him the healthy stuff, but left to his own devices he'll go for the Hershey's Milk Chocolate every time!
I love sweet chocolates with the occasional imported bitter chocolate. My favorite brand at my local grocery story is Chuao Chocolatier. They have a flavor called baconluxious which is very good and firecracker dream with sprinkles and hazelnuts which is my celebration chocolate. They also have a bunch of other flavors on their website. I can’t keep up.
I usually eat butter chocolate people give me from overseas. Those are more experiences. What is this flavor telling me about where it’s from? What is unique about it? Those I eat slowly and savor over weeks or months.
Chocolate was a minor player in my growing up. I could live without it, but I do enjoy dark chocolate from time to time. My sister and my daughter feel the same. I wonder whether the absence of chocolate in our youth created this resistance. I bake a lot, and sometimes I make chocolate desserts (Drambuie Chocolate Mousse, chocolate cake and/or cupcakes) but I honestly prefer other flavors like lemon or lime, or Southern Butter Cake. ... As to what I'm reading, I just finished a gothic novel The Thirteenth Tale, am re-reading Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, and picking up Violeta from the library today.
I love this post.
I think a whole story could revolve around The Forbidden Shelf….
Chocoholics unite!