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Chocolate Bytes: For the Love of Chocolate

Archive for December 2006

December 24th, 2006

Keep Your Pets Safe

This is the first year in over a decade our family has not had a dog at Christmas time. And I thought of that as my kids were leaving out some chocolates and other goodies for Santa at bedtime. Other years we’ve had to put the plate of treats up high out of reach of […]

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December 24th, 2006

Chocolate Virgin Mary

People have seen the strange religious apparitions in just about anything. Remember the half-eaten piece of toast auctioned off on eBay that supposedly showed an image of the Virgin Mary? And there have been many reported cases of statues of the Virgin Mary crying tears of blood. This latest vision in chocolate was found by […]

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December 19th, 2006

Yo Ho Ho and a Big Tray of Rum Balls

Everyone has their Christmas traditions and strangely, a lot of them involve food. For me making rum balls is definitely a part of the season. Eating rum balls is an even bigger part of the season. It gets me in touch with my pirate side. Now that Pirates Of The Caribbean - Dead Man’s Chest […]

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December 13th, 2006

Understanding Cocoa

Chocolate as a health food has been big news lately. First came the news that it prevents wrinkles, then that it can reduce the risk of cancer, and finally that chocolate keeps your blood pressure down. But before you rush into a chocolate feeding frenzy in the interest of good health, you should know the […]

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December 9th, 2006

The Ultimate Winter Drink

We’ve been blessed (?) with an overabundance of snow this winter, so the outdoor winter activities are in full swing. From toboganning to skiing to skating on outdoor rinks, there is never a shortage of things to do. Even shovelling the driveway can be turned into a competition given enough imagination. Heck, you’ve got to […]

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December 5th, 2006

This Little Piggy Went to Market

Indeed I did go to market today, to do some Christmas shopping, so if you are on my gift list you need to stop reading NOW.  The rest of you need to pay attention, and you too can find out where to buy some scrumptious chocolates for the people on your list.
Yes, today I stopped […]

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