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...
Alimentary, my dear Watson
Over the past two months, we have explored chocolate consumption before 1820, when preindustrial science made producing anything solid...
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...
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...
Utensils 3
The European Chocolate Pot or Chocolatière "This is the same chocolaty pottes that are mayd in the Indis" Pot and molinillo (molinet, or...