Articles Archive for December 2008
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Nowhere else in the world does one find chocolate-makers that equal the passion of the French – they make love to chocolate while the Swiss and the Belgians create and have always been the pioneers …
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Late Sunday afternoons are generally lazy and most people sleep after exceptionally large lunches or return, exhausted, from long days at the beach, on rivers or dangling from mountains. Those that have eaten don’t want …
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The first evidence of chocolate was found by archeologists at the end of 2007 when they found evidence at Puerto Escondido in Honduras that dated around 1100 to 1400 BC. Amongst other things, they discovered …
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It’s winter now in the Northern Hemisphere and the trees stand starkly naked against the perfect white of the snow, the round bundles of mistletoe no longer able to hide in the leaves high up …
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Zabaglione is traditionally served with fresh, ripe figs and, in Italy, is known as zabaione – the name varies depending on the country. It may have originated in Venice where honey was used instead of …
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When Christmas started to replace the old celebrations, like winter solstice, the French continued the tradition of cutting down a tree every year and then putting it in the fireplace so that the heat from …
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Christmas pudding originated in England and is traditionally made 5 weeks before Christmas, on or after the Sunday before Advent – the day upon which the pudding was made was known as Stir-up Sunday and …
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Some of the celebrations we associate with Christmas began long before Christianity. By medieval times mid-winter feasting traditions had been long established. During the centuries and depending on who was in power, the festivities either …
