Checkout this iPhone and iPod Touch App called Rocket Downhill Penguin. Help a penguin navigate obstacles on a ski slope by filling him up with cocoa. Can you say cute! A game that requires cocoa as fuel.
Showing posts with label cacao. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cacao. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Penguins need cocoa too
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
A Simple Hot Cocoa Receipe
For a quick and easy hot cocoa beverage:
1 cup milk
2 tsp cocoa powder
2 tsp cinnamon orange sugar or pre-blended sugar mix
Pour milk in a microwave safe mug. Heat in the microwave for 25 seconds. Remove mug and add cocoa powder and sugar. Blend ingredients well. Return to microwave for 60 seconds or until heated appropriately.
Remove mug from microwave. Garnish with whipped cream or chocolate shavings.
To create this recipe, I used Droste Cocoa Powder from Holland and a Cinnamon Orange Sugar from Surfas. The pre-blended sugar provides a simple way of creating a savory chocolate beverage without a lot of hassle.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Craving Chocolate Custard
With a craving for chocolate custard, I pulled out Venchi's cacao due vecchi (cacao powder) from Italy and Bird's Custard Powder from the pantry. I added a few teaspoons of cacao powder to the Bird's Custard Powder and proceeded to follow their directions.
I hope it tastes good!
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Puerto Cacao, Paris, France
Blast my mother for not teaching me French as a child! I just found this amazing website dedicated to cacao and chocolate and I cannot read a thing! Puerto Cacao is a socially conscious chocolate shop in Paris, France, founded by Guillaume Hermitte. You can gloss the pages of this wonderful site to see the true essence of Puerto Cacao.
Of course, I had to find what was recommended for making hot chocolate. Puerto Cacao has Poudre de Cacao made with 100% cacao. I can only imagine the intense cacao flavor of this powder. Ah!
53, rue de Tocqueville - 75017
Tél. : 01 42 67 28 51
Monday, April 20, 2009
KCRW's Good Eats: Chocolate and Tabacco
The benefit of a lot of travel is catching up on listening to your favorite podcasts. On my trip to Chicago I had the chance to enjoy a much loved podcaster, Evan Klienman of KCRW's Good Eats. One of the standout podcasts during my plan ride was on the history of chocolate and tobacco with Marcy Norton, the author of Sacred Gifts, Profane Pleasures: A History of Tobacco and Chocolate in the Atlantic World. This 11 minute interview with Marcy Norton is mixed in with a story of an artist that creates cupcake art in northern California, Secret Supper Clubs and more.
Take a listen to this podcast:
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