by Kate Dolan | Feb 14, 2021 | Articles, Holidays, Living History, Romans
February 14 is a day associated with disappointed expectations and heart-shaped boxes of candy. I don’t think the disappointment needs any sort of explanation. Or, frankly, the chocolate (although you can check out my blogs about growing chocolate and the history of...
by Kate Dolan | Feb 14, 2011 | Food, Latest Posts, Living History
Love and chocolate naturally go together in my opinion, so today while today everyone is focusing on the former, I’m going to write about the latter. Chocolate was first popular served as a hot beverage like coffee and tea. And it was introduced to Western culture at...