Comments on: A Call to Chocolate Arms http://www.lauraflorand.com/blog/?p=439 Wherein I talk about my books, France, Paris, the South Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:21:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: laura http://www.lauraflorand.com/blog/?p=439#comment-31299 laura Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:50:41 +0000 http://www.lauraflorand.com/blog/?p=439#comment-31299 Yes, the aisles of good chocolate! I put up some pictures of those a little while back. THAT's what I want in Target here. And a whole aisle of M&Ms and Hershey's doesn't count. Yes, the aisles of good chocolate! I put up some pictures of those a little while back. THAT’s what I want in Target here. And a whole aisle of M&Ms and Hershey’s doesn’t count.

]]> By: Kasia http://www.lauraflorand.com/blog/?p=439#comment-31292 Kasia Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:28:26 +0000 http://www.lauraflorand.com/blog/?p=439#comment-31292 I had to laugh so badly reading your post. I'm living in Switzerland and can tell you that indeed chocolate is here something very important and very patriotic to eat. I love the fact the here chocolate has a seperate lane or at least stand. I can agree with Alex that there's nothing better than Swiss chocolate ;) I had to laugh so badly reading your post. I’m living in Switzerland and can tell you that indeed chocolate is here something very important and very patriotic to eat. I love the fact the here chocolate has a seperate lane or at least stand. I can agree with Alex that there’s nothing better than Swiss chocolate ;)

]]> By: Alex http://www.lauraflorand.com/blog/?p=439#comment-30947 Alex Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:30:35 +0000 http://www.lauraflorand.com/blog/?p=439#comment-30947 I used to live in Switzerland. The grocery stores have rows of chocolate like in the US there are rows of chips and popcorn. And I mean GOOD chocolate. I miss most the chocolate with whiskey inside. Nothing can compare to Swiss chocolate. I can't eat anything else anymore. Except maybe chocolate from Puccini chocolate in Amsterdam!!! I used to live in Switzerland. The grocery stores have rows of chocolate like in the US there are rows of chips and popcorn. And I mean GOOD chocolate. I miss most the chocolate with whiskey inside. Nothing can compare to Swiss chocolate. I can’t eat anything else anymore. Except maybe chocolate from Puccini chocolate in Amsterdam!!!

]]> By: dharmagirl http://www.lauraflorand.com/blog/?p=439#comment-30920 dharmagirl Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:06:24 +0000 http://www.lauraflorand.com/blog/?p=439#comment-30920 have chocolate, will travel, is one of my mottos. i brought a new bar from my good stash with me to an academic conference, and i doubt i'll share... and the primary reason i want to go to paris (city of lights? romance? bread? fashion?) is chocolate. count me in. this is one war i can glady support, and offer my best chocolate eating talents to the effort! have chocolate, will travel, is one of my mottos. i brought a new bar from my good stash with me to an academic conference, and i doubt i’ll share… and the primary reason i want to go to paris (city of lights? romance? bread? fashion?) is chocolate. count me in. this is one war i can glady support, and offer my best chocolate eating talents to the effort!

]]> By: laura http://www.lauraflorand.com/blog/?p=439#comment-30876 laura Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:23:55 +0000 http://www.lauraflorand.com/blog/?p=439#comment-30876 Good idea about the T-shirts, Clarice! :) We can use Fuji Mama's posters, those are GREAT! I'm going to have to grant you San Francisco, Laume, because when Sébastien went there for a conference last year he had strict instructions to visit a list of chocolatiers. He DID NOT DO IT AND IS STILL IN TROUBLE. But most people wouldn't travel to the US specifically for chocolate, would they? Like certain people--I'm not naming any names--might to France and Belgium and Switzerland? Half a truffle at a time is pretty intense self-discipline, I have to tell you. But your husband definitely needs his own stash. The real reason for this in my household is to protect the husband's stash from ME, though, not the other way around (he eats more slowly--not properly motivated for the war; sometimes he eats one chocolate square a WEEK and then complains when the rest of the bar disappears off his desk when he's not looking). Good idea about the T-shirts, Clarice! :) We can use Fuji Mama’s posters, those are GREAT!

I’m going to have to grant you San Francisco, Laume, because when Sébastien went there for a conference last year he had strict instructions to visit a list of chocolatiers. He DID NOT DO IT AND IS STILL IN TROUBLE. But most people wouldn’t travel to the US specifically for chocolate, would they? Like certain people–I’m not naming any names–might to France and Belgium and Switzerland?

Half a truffle at a time is pretty intense self-discipline, I have to tell you. But your husband definitely needs his own stash. The real reason for this in my household is to protect the husband’s stash from ME, though, not the other way around (he eats more slowly–not properly motivated for the war; sometimes he eats one chocolate square a WEEK and then complains when the rest of the bar disappears off his desk when he’s not looking).

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