Outline of Chocolate

Into the dark: not all bars are created equal

26 Jun 2012

If the health benefits of chocolate derive from the antioxidants in cocoa, as seems likely, then there's no point eating a Snickers bar and expecting it to help your heart. You're going to need...

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Sweet tooth in search of healthy dessert

8 Feb 2009

This week Gina Jamieson, 13

Gina asks: I have a sweet tooth, especially for chocolate. Are there any healthy chocolate desserts I can make?

2:44PM

A riddle with a happy surprise

4 Sep 2008

My favourite food comes in a variety of forms, and has a role to play on various special occasions.

12:21PM

Eye on Process: Dark Heaven

12 Feb 2007

Paper 1a - 5

My whole life has been chocolate, but no, my name is not Willy, but Pedro.

6:07PM

Sweet dreams are made of these

7 Dec 2006

TO HEAR ANDY TSANG talk you would think he had discovered a process to make gold. And in a way, he has.

9:50AM

cocoa powder

10 Sep 2006

Cocoa powder is sometimes considered the poor relation of chocolate because, when tasted on its own, it doesn't have the rich, luxurious flavour we expect when tasting 'real' chocolate.

4:07AM

Opinion

The last straw for Terry Wong?

2:53PM

Jake Van Der Kamp

iBonds are little help in easing inflation and a bad bet financially

Updated 3:55AM

Bitter sweet tale

TODay's multimillion-dollar chocolate industry is based on a discovery made by the Olmecs, Native American people from around the Gulf of Mexico, whose civilisation flourished between 1100BC to...

11:26PM

Cocoa bean trader to invest US$35m in production line

Cocoa bean trader Pan Sino International Holding plans to diversify by investing US$35 million to establish a production line next year, the company announced as it switched from the Growth...

10:04AM

Chocolate

When I worked in pastry kitchens we used chocolate on a daily basis. Mixed with other ingredients, it was incorporated into cakes, pastries, ice creams, glazes and sauces. On its own, though,...

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Ask Mr Brain . . . all will be explained

Who are Aborigines?

They are members of the indigenous race who live in Australia. They live in certain stretches of territory in groups, sometimes referred to by white people as '...

11:30PM

Ask Mr brain...all will be explained

What is the length of the United States' coastline, with and without Alaska and Hawaii? According to the Coast Survey of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the length of the...

5:57AM

Chocoholics have Mayans to thank for their sweet tooth

If you love chocolate and can tell the difference between great chocolate, good chocolate and mediocre chocolate, you could be described as a chocolate snob.

And you may go to great...

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