A World of Inspiration for Artful Living
And speaking, as we have been all week, of chocolate and passion, what better way to combine the two than in chocolate body paint? I debated whether to categorize this one as a recipe or an art project. Ultimately, I decided to go with art project because, for one thing, we already posted a great recipe for Chocolate Nirvana earlier. And you will certainly have an opportunity to get creative with this. So there you go. Make something beautiful!
Have you ever used movies therapeutically? I know I have. Sometimes when I feel the need for a good cry, I’ll pick up a movie that I know will get the tears flowing.
Movies can definitely evoke profound emotional responses. And—given the links we explored previously between chocolate and passion—perhaps it’s no surprise that chocolate-themed movies are among the most powerful. There are two that come to mind immediately (for me, anyway). If you can think of any others—let us know!
I’m thinking of the Mexican film, Como Agua para Chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate), and of course, Chocolat.
There are lots of (different) recipes out there that go by the name of “Death by Chocolate,” and I suppose, if you’ve gotta go, that’s the way to do it. But this recipe takes it a step farther. After all, I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to just die, I want to die and go to heaven. One bite of this and you may well feel you’ve transcended the earthly realm!
There’s a definite link between chocolate and passion. Remember that old game where you’d add the words “in bed” to whatever fortune you got in your fortune cookie at the Chinese restaurant? The same works pretty well with chocolate and passion. Just add “for chocolate” after “passion” in any of these quotes that don’t already specifically mention chocolate.
See what I mean? Amazing!
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Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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The 12-step chocoholics program:
NEVER BE MORE THAN 12 STEPS AWAY FROM CHOCOLATE!
Terry Moore
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The only sin passion can commit is to be joyless.
Dorothy L. Sayers
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Giving chocolate to others is an intimate form of communication, a sharing of deep, dark secrets.
Milton Zelman, publisher of “Chocolate News”
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Seen recently on a T-shirt – EMERGENCY ALERT: If wearer of this shirt is found vacant, listless, or depressed, ADMINISTER CHOCOLATE IMMEDIATELY.
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Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.
Oprah Winfrey
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Twill make Old Women Young and Fresh; Create New Motions of the Flesh.
And cause them long for you know what, If they but taste of chocolate.
” A History of Nature and the Quality of Chocolate“
James Wadworth (1768-1844)
In 1861, an Englishman by the name of Richard Cadbury first packaged chocolates in heart-shaped boxes for Valentine’s Day. It was an inspired idea.
After all, chocolate is the single most-craved food. According to food writer Tom Harte in his book, Stirring Words, close to one billion dollars are spent every year to purchase 40 million boxes of the sweet confections. Some 80% of Americans now identify Valentine’s Day as the #1 chocolate gift-giving occasion. But while the marketing ploys may be (relatively) new, the human passion for chocolate dates back much farther than the 1800s [Read more...]
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