Apr 9th, 2013 at 1:00PM:
You may think you're addicted to Nutella, but would you commit a crime to get some?
This week in central Germany a group of thieves made off with over $20,000 of Nutella. How much is $20,710 of chocolate hazelnut spread? It's the equivalent of about 5.5 tons. Enough to make at least 11,000 Nutella baguette sandwiches. The Nutella was stolen from a parked trailer, begging the question: what ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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The Latest European Heist: German Thieves Steal $20,710 Of Nutella
Apr 9th, 2013 at 1:00PM:
You may think you're addicted to Nutella, but would you commit a crime to get some?
This week in central Germany a group of thieves made off with over $20,000 of Nutella. How much is $20,710 of chocolate hazelnut spread? It's the equivalent of about 5.5 tons. Enough to make at least 11,000 Nutella baguette sandwiches. The Nutella was stolen from a parked trailer, begging the question: what ...Gifts From Estonia
Mar 6th, 2013 at 12:00PM:
When you ditch your wife and kid for a week to go off to Estonia in the middle of the winter, you better bring some cool stuff back. Luckily, it's pretty easy to find interesting gifts from Estonia. I managed to get a variety of low-cost presents that gave them a taste of what the country is like.
And I mean "taste" literally. As you can see, I mostly brought back food. Estonian cuisine has ...A European Culinary Essential: 5 Recipes To Celebrate World Nutella Day On February 5
Feb 5th, 2013 at 12:00PM:
There was a time when Nutella was merely a memory of European backpacking trips. The stuff was bought as you tried to keep your daily budget to $20 a day and would be spread on slices of bread from a local baker as you trekked through the old world.
But the hazelnut chocolate spread rose in popularity, and soon began to spread around the world, and now it's as easy to find in an ...A Day On Santa Fe's Canyon Road
Oct 31st, 2012 at 9:00AM: I'm not what could be described as a patron of the arts, yet for some reason, I seem to have a knack for living in cities famed for their galleries and arts and culture scene: Vail. Lahaina. Santa Barbara. Calistoga. Telluride. Could I be a latent art groupie?
Nah. I'm just attracted to scenic places. I also spent many years waiting tables to support my writing habit, and it's always been my ...Two Men Detained At US Border For Carrying Chocolate Eggs
Jul 23rd, 2012 at 5:00PM: In the past year, there have been stories of travelers getting in trouble for painting their nails on flights, telling jokes on Twitter and traveling with baked goods. The most recent scandal in the world of surprising travel crimes, involves two men trying to cross the border from Canada to the United States with chocolate eggs.
During a trip to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Brandon Loo ...Colorado's Most Surprising Dessert: The Scrap Cookie
Jul 3rd, 2012 at 9:00AM: While Colorado is home to many unique chocolate shops and bakeries, you usually know what you're ordering. Even if you purchase something unusual, like wasabi ginger dark chocolate or goat cheese and crushed black pepper buttercream, the name will give you a hint as to what the ingredients are. If you visit the old mining town of Ouray, however, you can stop in Mouse's Chocolates & Coffee for ...An Artisanal Taste Of Denver, Colorado
Jul 1st, 2012 at 12:00PM: While it's easy to find big-name chain restaurants and mass-produced foods, it's always nice to get a more local experience. One city with excellent quality and craft tastes is Denver, Colorado. To help you navigate the artisanal flavors of the area, here are my top picks.
Wine: D'Vine Wines
1660 Champa Street
The only winery in downtown Colorado, D'Vine Wines, also known as the Wild Women ...World's Largest Chocolate Sculpture To Go On Display In California
May 24th, 2012 at 11:30AM:
California dessert and pastry school Qzina has just broken the Guinness World Record for the World's Largest Chocolate Sculpture. Modeled after the Kukulcan Mayan pyramid in Chichen Itza, Mexico, the chocolate pyramid took more than 400 hours to construct and weighs 18,239 pounds.
Qzina's chocolate "architects" built an exact scale model of the Mayan temple to celebrate the school's 30th ...10 Things To Do In Cuzco, Peru, That Don't Involve Visiting Inca Ruins
May 8th, 2012 at 4:00PM: When visiting Cuzco, Peru, you will be overwhelmed by the amount of tourism agencies and street vendors selling tours to Machu Picchu, Moray, Ollantaytambo, Sacsayhuaman, Q'enqo, Puca Pucara, Templo de la Luna and the various other Inca ruins. While seeing these sites is an important part of the culture and getting to know the area, there are days you may want to do something different. Here were ...Budget-Friendly Option For Wine Tasting In Mendoza: A Self-Guided Bike Tour
Apr 22nd, 2012 at 12:00PM: As soon as you step off the plane in Mendoza, Argentina, it will be obvious that you are in wine country. Billboards advertising different wine brands, neatly terraced vineyards and marketing for numerous wine tours, cooking classes and tasting sessions will be everywhere you look. While many of these options are worthwhile, most are very expensive. On a recent trip to Mendoza, however, I ...Whiskey and chocolate: the next big food pairing?
Mar 22nd, 2012 at 12:00PM: Whiskey and chocolate are two of my favorite things -- but together? I was suspicious. That is, until I attended a pairing event at Union Square Wines here in New York City, hosted by Pacari Chocolate and Compass Box Whisky. Somehow, the flavors came together perfectly, and not just because of my whiskey buzz and sugar high (though those were there too).
The tasting consisted of five pairings, ...Cheese festival season has sprung: the best in the West
Mar 13th, 2012 at 2:00PM: Spring, as they say, has sprung. In farmstead and artisan cheese parlance, that means pastures are currently abound with calves, lambs, and kids (of the goat variety), and the first milk of the season is in. That's why March is the kickoff month for cheese festivals, especially on the West Coast because of its more mild climate. The following just happen to be some of the nation's best.
8th ...10 reasons to travel to Ljubljana
Dec 13th, 2011 at 9:00AM:
When I found cheap airfare from Istanbul to Ljubljana, I didn't find many other travelers who'd been there or even say for sure which country it's in. The tiny of country of Slovenia is slightly smaller than New Jersey and its capital city isn't known for much other than being difficult to spell and pronounce (say "lyoob-lyAH-nah"). After spending a few days there last month, I quickly fell ...Hagelslag: Belgian chocolate for breakfast
Nov 10th, 2011 at 7:00AM: Chocolate. You gotta love it. You can eat it, cook with it, even snort it. It's good at every meal. Even breakfast, as I discovered on a recent trip to Antwerp.
The Belgians enjoy a special breakfast treat called Hagelslag. These are basically chocolate sprinkles put on toast. The heat of the toast melts the bottom sprinkles, making a nice gooey mess, while the top sprinkles scatter all over ...Five Halloween treats for grown-ups
Oct 29th, 2011 at 11:00AM: Like many former kids, I used to live for Halloween. Sure, the dressing up part was fun, but so was TP'ing the neighbor's tree. What All Hallow's Eve was really about were Pixy Stix, Fun Dip, mini Milky Way bars, and REESE'S Peanut Butter Cups (in my world, the latter still reigns supreme).
Still, things change. We grow up; most of us lose our appetite for eating the equivalent of eight cups of ...Belgian chocolate: so good you can snort it
Oct 25th, 2011 at 4:00PM:
Back in grade school, my friends and I used to eat Smarties, those little sugar tablets that were so popular back then. Some of us, wanting to show off, used to pound them up and snort them. There was no better sugar rush. We used to call them "Snorties".
Well, we should have copyrighted it, because now in Belgium they're snorting chocolate. Not just any chocolate, but gourmet Belgian ...The Chocolate Show comes to New York
Oct 18th, 2011 at 12:00PM: Did you know that the largest chocolate bar on record weighed 9,722.39 pounds and was created by JV "Grand Candy" Co Ltd., on September 10, 2010?
The 14th annual Chocolate Show will be held in New York from November 10-12, 2011, at the Metropolitan Pavilion. This show is the largest event in the world dedicated to chocolate, featuring more than 65 fine chocolate companies who will present an ...10 interesting food museums from around the world
Oct 13th, 2011 at 12:00PM: While many people visit museums in order to learn about culture, art, or history, how many out there can say they've gone to a museum to see an exhibit on SPAM? Or to learn the processing history of salami? While somewhat out of the norm, these 10 interesting food museums from around the world will give you insight and fun facts into some of your favorite cuisine.
Burlingame Museum of PEZ ...Eurochocolate: Italy's biggest chocolate festival
Oct 11th, 2011 at 4:00PM:
Italy may not be synonymous with chocolate in the way that Switzerland is, but it does produce one of the world's most recognizable brands: Perugina Baci. Wrapped in silver foil dotted with blue stars and lined with a love note, the chocolate and hazelnut morsels known as Baci are the fortune cookies of the chocolate world.
Perugina, the company that manufactures Baci and a handful of other ...Photo of the day: behold the power of Cadbury chocolate
Jul 28th, 2011 at 5:00PM:
Depending on which side of the pond you hail from, you probably have a strong opinion on which Cadbury chocolate is superior. Americans live for the season when the Cadbury Creme Egg (now actually made by Hershey) is available to provide way more sugar in one sitting than is advisable, while Brits find the Yankee versions of their confectionary too sweet and consider the simple Dairy Milk bar to ...
