Delicacies

January Month Of The Brioche In France
By January 8, 2012

January 6 is a religious holiday in France.  Being a Catholic country, people celebrate what is called “La Fete des Rois”, or more officially, Epiphany, which is the celebration of the Magi to the infant Jesus. This is the reason on January 6 people eat “la gallette des rois” where ...

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Delightful Blissful Chocolate
By February 11, 2011

Chocolate is loved by more than half of the U.S. adult population.  Americans spend about $55 per year per person in chocolate.  Yes, indeed chocolate is a delightful bliss, and chocolate lovers are not going to let up anytime soon since the International Cocoa Organization is estimating that by 2015 ...

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Christmas Eve in France
By November 20, 2010

Are you planning on going to spend a magical Christmas in Paris, France? At this time of the years, the city of light is getting dressed with the most beautiful Christmas lights you’d ever seen, and the city becomes enchanted.  At this time of the year, the Champs Elysees Avenue ...

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The History Of Chocolat
By April 24, 2009

Botanists say that wild cocoa trees likely grew in the Amazon and Orinoco valleys of South America thousands of years ago.  The history of chocolate shows that it was first the Mayas who cultivated the plant of the cocoa tree. The Aztec royalty thrived on the bitter chocolate drink concocted ...

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