Sometimes I want to believe that in heaven chocolate is calorie-free because, undoubtedly, chocolate is the cheapest and most effective therapy. Remember the moment you taste a piece - that angelic feeling as it gradually melts and releases its aroma.
Can you guess what I'm doing as I write? Yes! I'm savoring a small bar with a great longing for Belgium and their extraordinary Chocolateries. Anyone who has entered such a shop remains intoxicated by the scent of chocolate, and this experience leaves a strong impression even on those who don't consider themselves gourmands.
For me, the information that chocolate is superb for the brain, blood vessels, heart, full of vitamins and antioxidants, is a bonus! Because honestly, when it's just you and it, nothing else matters.
I once read the book "Chocolat" by Joanne Harris, which I highly recommend as it's incomparable to the movie. It was about a small patisserie in a French province that sold chocolate and marzipan. She promoted the culture of chocolate and coffee so much that on Sundays people would come to her small cafe instead of church. At one point, the priest from the church came and scolded her for people choosing her patisserie over services, and eventually, he started coming too, "regularly and with pleasure" as a friend would say.
Culinary tastes evolve over time and through experiences. Before, I only ate milk chocolate, but now I've started to perceive its pure taste. For example, with 90% cocoa chocolate, you can't eat more than 2 small pieces. Instead of filling your body with empty calories from a cheap product, get an expensive chocolate, taste it little by little; believe me, it can last 3 weeks. In the picture above, I photographed grated, raw cocoa beans. I use them mixed with honey and a little milk. If you add cocoa butter, you get homemade chocolate.
Perceive life through tastes; that's what I do, and somehow it becomes more meaningful and fulfilling.
Photos by Ana-Maria Cojocaru
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