But I Don't LIke Chocolate (how un-American)

 Please don't offer me Chocolate Cake, Brownies, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Chocolate Ice Cream or Mousse and the like. I cannot stomach them.

This is well known and has led to the canard that I don't like chocolate.

'Tis a half truth.  As it is I don't like chocolate which is mixed into other foods.

On the other hand I can eat and enjoy chocolate bars.

Enjoy?  It's more like tolerate when it comes to the well-known brands such as Hershey and Cadbury. They are distinctly inferior products:  too sweet,  and lacking in cocao. 

But then there are quality chocolate products from Germany, Belgium and the United States of America.

The United States? For example  

my friends Laurie and Patrick visited me from Massachusetts for the New Year holiday, bringing with them Taza Chocolate, which is crafted in their home City of Somerville.

It's not good. It's GREAT!  Here is a wee bit about TAZA




We make perfectly unrefined, stone ground chocolate from bean to bar at our Somerville, MA chocolate factory. Our unique chocolate-making techniques are all about minimal processing, to let the bold flavors of our organic, Direct Trade Certified cacao shout loud and proud.

We use traditional Mexican stone mills, called molinos, to grind our cacao. The hand-carved stones that turn inside these mills preserve the bright, fruity flavors of the beans, and create a chocolate that’s bold, rustic, and satisfyingly gritty -- unlike any other chocolate you’ve tasted.


I am drooling even as I write.  So much so that I have already ordered my stash. I am charmed with the flavour, and especially with its   satisfyingly gritty texture.

You might be able to buy TAZA at Wh-le Foods and the like. But don't count on the varieties.

I placed my order today; directly from the Somerville MA factory.

 Taza Chocolate | Organic Stone Ground Chocolate for Bold Flavor


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