Sweet History: Don't Leave Home Without Chocolate ... Ich Liebe Schokolade

If Johann or the Jostys couldn't, can you?

That is … leave home without chocolate? And that's what Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, considered Germany's Shakespeare, was said to have done when touring Switzerland in 1797. He loved chocolate so much that he insisted on having it at all times.

Chocolate Creations: Appreciating Them

Since the days of the Aztecs, chocolate has evolved into innumerable chocolate creations of many tastes, shapes and forms. The concept of Chocolate has become captivating and fun. And whether we like it or not, chocolate creations are not simply for drinking or eating. Chocolate has become an entire world on its own. And I have have heard that – like wine and cheese tasting – there are technical ways of appreciating chocolate. Here are a few tips on how best to enjoy your chocolate creations more:

Sweet History: 1755 … Chocolate Takes off: I Love Chocolate Creations

Ironic, isn't it, that a man named Baker started America's baking-chocolate industry?

Better late than never, but in 1755, America finally discovers chocolate. Why so late? Perhaps because America was not yet the land of plenty.

But once they discovered it, America could not be stopped. Baker-Hannon was the unusual collaboration at the forefront of this charge. Dr James Baker was a doctor regularly prescribing chocolate to his patients, while John Hannon was an Irishman who knew how to make chocolate, sweet chocolate creations colonists were willing to pay for generously.