Music and sound have the ability to calm and relax us by reducing our blood pressure, muscle tension and equalizing our brain waves. Music and sound have been recognized for thousands of years as a healing power. Drums, gongs, chimes and singing bowls were traditionally used throughout Asia and today crystal singing bowls are the favorite instrument of many sound healers around the world. In this video... Read More »
Ask my 6-year old son, “What do you think your mother wants for her birthday?” and I’ll bet he’ll answer, “Brownies”.
That is how much I love those little dark chewy chocolate squares and the people who really love me make a point to remember this important fact.
Knowing this you shouldn’t be surprised to learn that I make brownies often.
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Passing a roadside strawberry stand the other day brought back wonderful childhood memories. Every summer we packed our Jeep Wagoneer with beach towels, bathing suits, sunscreen and sand toys and headed to our grandparent’s beach cottage at the Delaware seashore. The highlight of the trip, besides crossing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, was stopping at one of the local farms in Sussex County to pick our own... Read More »
It’s easy to find good drinking chocolate in Mexico, but a lot harder to find Mexican made fine tasting chocolate, you know the kind you melt on your tongue as you concentrate on the subtle flavor notes – the only kind that satisfies us chocophiles. Swiss made Lindt chocolate is available in the finer grocery stores here and friends traveling abroad are kind enough to bring me back boxes of... Read More »
Cupcakes aren’t just for kids. I found this out when I had a group of mothers and their children over for an afternoon tea party recently. That morning I popped out of bed full of energy and enthusiasm and baked all morning as I imagined how delighted my guests would be with all of my homemade treats. I baked cupcakes for the kids and brownies, lemon bars and chocolate chip cookies for the moms. I... Read More »
Imagine drifting off to a blissful paradise as your aching muscles are massaged with a cool, thick and refreshing chocolate mixture and then being wrapped in a thermal blanket and left to relax as you inhale the intoxicating scent of heavenly chocolate. A few gourmet truffles melt in your mouth as you depart with luminous and chocolate-scented skin.
Chocolate has many positive health benefits, both when it... Read More »
A visit to a luxurious resort and spa for an indulgent chocolate spa treatments, including a chocolate body wrap, a chocolate meditation, a Temazcal (an Ancient Mexican steam bath) and a feast of 3 different chocolate spa desserts.
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Welcome to Chocolate Central. Chocolate is one of life’s great pleasures and like any subject, the more you know about it, the deeper and richer is your experience of it. As an adventure-seeker at heart and former educator and film producer, I’m exploring the exotic world of chocolate in search of fabulous chocolate experiences and I’m sharing Read More
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