I bake, therefore I eat.
inspired by Rene Descartes
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Monday, October 4, 2010
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Culinary Context
If we had no vegetables, chocolates would not
be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste
of dinner, dessert would not be so welcome.
inspired by Anne Bradstreet
be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste
of dinner, dessert would not be so welcome.
inspired by Anne Bradstreet
Monday, September 20, 2010
Friday, September 17, 2010
Heaven
I dreamt that I dwelt in chocolate halls,
With bakers and chefs at my side.
inspired by Alfred Bunn
With bakers and chefs at my side.
inspired by Alfred Bunn
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
What We Really Want
We are much beholden to cookbooks and chefs,
that they write what we like to bake, and not
what we ought to bake.
inspired by Francis Bacon
that they write what we like to bake, and not
what we ought to bake.
inspired by Francis Bacon
Friday, August 13, 2010
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Strange But True
Pure chocolates are as much superior to impure chocolates
as the living are to the dead.
inspired by Aristotle
as the living are to the dead.
inspired by Aristotle
Friday, August 6, 2010
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Culinary Disability or Super Power?
One who is unable to eat chocolate, or who has no need
because she is sufficient for herself, must be either
a beast or a goddess.
inspired by Aristotle
because she is sufficient for herself, must be either
a beast or a goddess.
inspired by Aristotle
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Baiting the Palate
Without chocolate no one would eat dessert,
though she eat all other courses.
inspired by Aristotle
though she eat all other courses.
inspired by Aristotle
Friday, July 23, 2010
Worth the Risk
Possibly good chocolate is always preferable
to definitely bad chocolate.
inspired by Aristotle
to definitely bad chocolate.
inspired by Aristotle
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Culinary Improvisation
Even when recipes have been written down,
they ought not always to remain unaltered.
inspired by Aristotle
they ought not always to remain unaltered.
inspired by Aristotle
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Simultaneous Pleasures
What is a treat? Dual flavors dwelling in one chocolate.
inspired by Aristotle
inspired by Aristotle
Monday, July 12, 2010
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Friday, July 9, 2010
Tasting Is Believing
With regard to chocolate, it is not enough to see,
but we must try to have and eat it.
inspired by Aristotle
but we must try to have and eat it.
inspired by Aristotle
Thursday, July 8, 2010
More Incentive
When one eats, she is full and successful and wins
contracts and is happy and helps her friends.
Quickly, bring me many chocolates, so that I may
prime my tongue and say something clever.
inspired by Aristophanes
contracts and is happy and helps her friends.
Quickly, bring me many chocolates, so that I may
prime my tongue and say something clever.
inspired by Aristophanes
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Monday, July 5, 2010
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Buffet of Confections
Bring sweets, bring sweets, boy! Bring boxes of
chocolates to me! Yes, bring them, so that I may
try them all with love.
inspired by Anacreon
chocolates to me! Yes, bring them, so that I may
try them all with love.
inspired by Anacreon
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Friday, July 2, 2010
Alchemy of Quality
It is circumstance and proper timing that give
chocolate its character and make it either good or bad.
inspired by Agesilaus
chocolate its character and make it either good or bad.
inspired by Agesilaus
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Bait and Switch
I will have nought to do with a man who gives and
takes chocolate with the same hand.
inspired by Aesop
takes chocolate with the same hand.
inspired by Aesop
Monday, June 28, 2010
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
Sixth Sense
Woman with a taste for chocolate: milk, dark or ivory
is like one that has another sense, when compared with
such as have no relish for those treats.
inspired by Joseph Addison
is like one that has another sense, when compared with
such as have no relish for those treats.
inspired by Joseph Addison
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Enticement
Therefore don't you be gentle to your man either.
Don't show him all your sweets, but share one and keep
the chocolate hidden.
inspired by Homer
Don't show him all your sweets, but share one and keep
the chocolate hidden.
inspired by Homer
Monday, June 21, 2010
Deception
Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is the sweet
which looks rich brown on its shell but tastes pale dust.
inspired by Homer
which looks rich brown on its shell but tastes pale dust.
inspired by Homer
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Friday, June 18, 2010
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Monday, June 14, 2010
Dream World
The immortals will send you to the Chocolate Plain
at the ends of the earth, where dark-haired Cocoathys is.
There life is supremely easy for all. No tooth rot there,
nor always counting calories, nor weight, and Full Joy is
ever flowing throughout the land to bring peace to all.
inspired by Homer
at the ends of the earth, where dark-haired Cocoathys is.
There life is supremely easy for all. No tooth rot there,
nor always counting calories, nor weight, and Full Joy is
ever flowing throughout the land to bring peace to all.
inspired by Homer
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Friday, June 11, 2010
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
General Principle
Verily great grace may go
With a little gift; and precious are chocolates that come from friends.
inspired by Theocritus
With a little gift; and precious are chocolates that come from friends.
inspired by Theocritus
Monday, June 7, 2010
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Simple Pleasures
Chocolate: There's no treat in the world so delightful as chocolate.
inspired by Sophocles
inspired by Sophocles
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Friday, June 4, 2010
Necessary Indulgence
What life is there, what delight, without decadent chocolate?
inspired by Mimnermus
inspired by Mimnermus
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