Chocolate the Consuming Passion

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A New York Times bestseller with over a half-million copies in print CHOCOLATE continues to delight chocoholics everywhere. Packed with Boyntons famous hippos bunnies pigs and other animals this gift-perfect book is a whimsical commentary on the individuals relationship to chocolate its varieties and its sources. From the several sorts of chocolate connoisseur-including the gourmoo who eats only milk chocolate-to the several shapes of chocolate itself (bunny kiss glove compartment bar) Boyntons apologia for chocolate misses nothing. Myths are debunked: chocolate is not fattening she argues especially when the caloric expenditure of carrying it home from the store and hiding it from company is factored in. Directions are supplied: to remove stains lick them. Plus how to grow chocolate at home a foolproof method for determining if chocolate is in season (does the name of the month contain the letter A E or U?) and a recipe for Hippo Pot de Mousse. "Fourteen out of ten people like chocolate " says the artist. This is the only guide for people who like chocolate the way they like to breathe. Vanilla people keep out. Selection of the Literary Guild.