Mousse and the Royal Mouth
Beer froths into one type of mousse...not the point of this post. "Brasserie" [Brewery], engraved by Robert Benard, in Receuil de...
Characters and their Cups
This post asks the question, why don’t Dr. Frankenstein or Count Dracula drink chocolate? Let’s get this out of the way: Franken Berry...
Candy, A Theory
Roundabout Halloween the sale of chocolate candy in the US soars. No one will give tricks. Children will reportedly net several pounds of...
American. Chocolate. Week.
Yes, American Chocolate Week lasts seven days, March 17-23, 2019. But is it really about America? Or chocolate? It depends on your...
Two Cups Too Many
William Hogarth, A Rake's Progress, Plate 6, The Gaming House, or White's Chocolate House, 1733 From fall 2010 to late summer 2011,...
The Case of the Unarrived Cure
Among other woes once the Glorious Revolution ended in a Declaration of Rights that imposed permanent Protestant rule over England and...
Chocolate on St. James
Pall Mall, St. James's Square and St. James's Street, c. 1833 If the aroma of coffee wafted circa 1650 from St. Michael's Cornhill to...
When and Why Chocolate, circa 1700
Limonadier, ière. Marchand qui vend de la limonade, de la liqueur et plusieurs autres sortes de liqueur, comme eaux de cerises, verjus,...
Literary Slumps and Slurps
If England had reached the southern New World before Spain, Portia’s Merchant suitors might have wisely chosen against the casket with...
Utensils 4
The European Chocolate Cup Mancerina i xícara* Alcora Manufactory, tin-glazed earthenware, mid-18th century. Reproduces the fashion of...