Chocolate and Curry
Here’s an interesting story coming from an Indian restaurant called the Nakodar Grill in Glasgow. They are launching a new dish called the Nakodari which is a medium hot king prawn curry that comes complete with a chocolate and strawberry naan bread.
In a trend that is gaining momentum, chocolate is being combined with more and different flavors helping to bring out amazing flavor character. In this dish the chocolate is combined with ground coriander seeds, garlic, chili, ginger, and other spices.
Categories: chocolate articles, chocolate in the news Tags: aphrodisiac, chocolate and spices, chocolate dishes
Chocolate Cheerios
You asked for it, you got it. General Mills is beginning to ship Chocolate Cheerios to a grocer near you! You should see it on shelves soon.
For a complete view of the product label and nutritional information click this link to the General Mills Chocolate Cheerios page.
Now we’re going to have to think about substituting Chocolate Cheerios for regular Cheerios in all those recipes. Yes, life just got better!
Categories: chocolate articles, chocolate in the news, chocolate nutrition Tags: chocolate cereal
Baked Chocolate Doughnuts
It’s January, the time of the year when everyone seems to be concerned about reducing that holiday weight gain. There’s no reason to give up on your chocolate fix though.
If you love chocolate doughnuts, but can’t justify the deep frying right now, how about a baked doughnut instead?
Here’s the full story along with the recipe…
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=9513341
Categories: chocolate articles, chocolate recipes Tags: baking with chocolate, chocolate doughnuts
Chocolate Sales Strong in 2009
The Primal Chocolate Therapist has some good news for you today!
“When you’re feeling down because of the economy, it seems more of us turn to sweets to feel better. Specifically, we turn to chocolate.” Americans bought 2.6% more chocolate in 2009 compared to 2008.
For the full story… http://www.wkowtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11786641
The lesson: in good times, eat chocolate; in tough times, eat chocolate!
Categories: chocolate articles, chocolate in the news Tags: chocolate consumption, chocolate sales
