For his birthday this year, I bought my husband about 20 bars of different brands of dark chocolate, 70% or higher. (Yes, he's been sharing it with me, and yes, I did get him something else, too, just for him.)
So far I have liked Scharffen-Berger's single-source Antilles the best, but there are still a few bars left.
There's also Taza, a slightly gritty stoneground chocolate produced just down the street in Somerville, MA, that gets locally produced points from me. I don't know how far flung their distribution is, but if it appears in your market, give it a try. It is different from any chocolate you've ever tried.
I did not like Green & Black's. All the organic chocolates (Endangered, Dagoba, G&B's) taste like dirt IMO. Try Lindt 85% USA. The recipe isn't the same in all countries. USA type has just cocoa powder, cocoa butter, sugar, and bourbon vanilla beans. I like that it has no soy lecithin. 4 squares (40g) only has 5g of sugar. It's 82% fat, 10% carbs, 8% protein by calories. No bitterness. Just an intense pure chocolate taste.
When my "female companion" can't come visiting me in Ireland she sends me some Green & Black's 70% cocoa. 'Cos those are the colours of the Jamaican flag, where she grew up.
I am Petro Dobromylskyj, always known as Peter. I'm a vet, trained at the RVC, London University. I was fortunate enough to intercalate a BSc degree in physiology in to my veterinary degree. I was even more fortunate to study under Patrick Wall at UCH, who set me on course to become a veterinary anaesthetist, mostly working on acute pain control. That led to the Certificate then Diploma in Veterinary Anaesthesia and enough publications to allow me to enter the European College of Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia as a de facto founding member. Anaesthesia teaches you a lot. Basic science is combined with the occasional need to act rapidly. Wrong decisions can reward you with catastrophe in seconds. Thinking is mandatory.
I stumbled on to nutrition completely by accident. Once you have been taught to think, it's hard to stop. I think about lots of things. These are some of them.
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Looks yummy enough to eat. The chocolate, that is. What a sweetie!
Mmmmm.. Chocolate. I prefer Green and Black's 85% Dark. *drools*
so, so cute! i haven't let my almost 3 year old have chocolate yet--maybe he's missing out..?
team smith,
Nina Planck gives her baby, Julian, 70% French dark chocolate!
http://www.ninaplanck.com/index.php
Adorable!
For his birthday this year, I bought my husband about 20 bars of different brands of dark chocolate, 70% or higher. (Yes, he's been sharing it with me, and yes, I did get him something else, too, just for him.)
So far I have liked Scharffen-Berger's single-source Antilles the best, but there are still a few bars left.
There's also Taza, a slightly gritty stoneground chocolate produced just down the street in Somerville, MA, that gets locally produced points from me. I don't know how far flung their distribution is, but if it appears in your market, give it a try. It is different from any chocolate you've ever tried.
I'm sure my kids all got chocolate... both in utero and via maternal lactation! can u be addicted from in utero. yes! *ha ha*
I did not like Green & Black's. All the organic chocolates (Endangered, Dagoba, G&B's) taste like dirt IMO. Try Lindt 85% USA. The recipe isn't the same in all countries. USA type has just cocoa powder, cocoa butter, sugar, and bourbon vanilla beans. I like that it has no soy lecithin. 4 squares (40g) only has 5g of sugar. It's 82% fat, 10% carbs, 8% protein by calories. No bitterness. Just an intense pure chocolate taste.
When my "female companion" can't come visiting me in Ireland she sends me some Green & Black's 70% cocoa. 'Cos those are the colours of the Jamaican flag, where she grew up.
Vivani 85% is the absolute best dark chocolate bar I've ever tasted. So creamy.
Vivani 85% dark chocolate is the absolute best. So rich and creamy.Hard to find but good.
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