Tag: chocolate
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The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Yes, we’ve all been waiting for the Modica Chocolate Festival, ChocoModica! From December 5 to 8, the capital of Sicilian chocolate, Modica, becomes the center of attention. I’ve talked about Modica chocolate before: it’s a special recipe that Sicilian chocolatiers created combining the rich cocoa brought to…
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Enchanting Sicily, Day 5: Chocolate Choice
LIVE from Sicily! | Hmmm… Which flavor of Modica chocolate from Dolceria Bonajuto should I purchase to bring home? I decided on cardamon and cinnamon: two very Sicilian spices. | Enchanting Sicily tour, Day 5.
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Modica Chocolate: Enchanting Sicily, Day 5
Since 1880, Modica’s Antica Dolceria Bonajuto has prepared chocolate after a process the Spanish brought to Sicily from the Aztecs. Based on “xocoatl,” an ancient form of cocoa drink, today’s dark delacacy is produced by hand throughout the Baroque city’s competing sweet shops. I am going to be in Modica in a couple of weeks,…
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Sicily’s Chocolate of Modica
Chocolate lovers, Sicily has not forgotten you! You may know that chocolate came from the Aztecs, a great civilization that dominated what is modern-day Mexico for centuries before the end of 15th century. When the Spanish colonized Latin America, they brought the cocoa bean and an ancient form of chocolate (called Xocoatl) back to Europe.…
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This Way, You Can Taste More than One
In recent years, gelato in Sicily has taken on a new form. It still is in the old form too (in a cup, a cone, or my favorite, stuffed in a brioche!), but these small portions on a stick (pictured), offer us the advantage of being able to try multiple flavors in one sitting!