34 days ago by TheTragicWhale

My brother brought a small box of chocolates home from Belgium and for about two weeks they sat on our coffee table. Mostly untouched. So about a week ago he took them back into his room. Yesterday, my mom noticed they were gone. “Those belong in the living room!” she said. “Those are the show choco ...

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45 days ago by Alex Belth

Yet another fine reason to sweat my mom’s home town. From the New York Times: Brussels: The Chocolate Trail. [Photo Credit: Birgit Whelan]

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81 days ago by Abigail

I love chocolate. I saw a tweet on my timeline about a week ago asking Tweeters to tell Greyston Bakery why they deserve free brownies. Hmm… I responded, not sure if it was a legit tweet but excited nonetheless. Turns out it was very legit. I received my gift on Wednesday evening. A Do Goodie box co ...

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137 days ago by lesleyvoth

The Empire State Building – It is located in the heart of New York city, was constructed between the years of 1930 – 1931. It is designed to act as a lightning rod and, in fact gets struck by lightning about 100 times a year. Source Taj Mahal- The construction of the Taj commenced in 1631 and was co ...

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169 days ago by Rully

How It All Began It all started with Leopold II of Belgium in the year 1885 when he colonized Congo. It was a territory eighty-six times bigger than his country. Leopold II was the very first one to commit genocide during the 20th Century. The chocolate industry first took off during the 1880’s, sup ...

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192 days ago by Laurie

The movie In Bruges (great flick by the way) helped make this small town in Belgium popular, yet it still probably gets passed over more often than not for Brussels on travel itineraries, which is a mistake. Bruges is just a short train ride from Brussels (less than an hour) and small enough that an ...

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211 days ago by Laurie

Aphrodisiacs or not, you’ll definitely fall in love with the decadent Belgium chocolate truffles created by The Chocolate Line in Bruges, Belgium. Mastermind, and self dubbed shock-o-latier, Dominique Persoone has a reputation for shocking the senses with his intense flavors and unique product line. ...

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352 days ago by admin

I had the most delightful chocolate gift basket, I had to tell everyone about it. Everyone loves chocolate gift baskets, or is that just me? It would be difficult to find someone who does not like some kind of chocolate. At least that is what gift baskets business owners hope is true. Chocolate gift ...

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