Think out of the Box

BY NATALIE MIKLES World Scene Writer
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
2/10/10 at 4:11 AM

In her book "The Chocolate Connoisseur," Chloe Doutre-Roussel writes of eating her first piece of chocolate by 6 a.m. every day.

Such is the life for a professional chocolate buyer, but Doutre-Roussel encourages us all to eat a little chocolate every day. She would hope we would pass on most supermarket chocolates for the little treasures made by high-end and small-batch chocolatiers. But that's not always possible.

Whatever chocolate you choose, this is the month to indulge. Pick up a heart-shaped box of fancy truffles or a more-than-you-would-usually spend chocolate bar, and savor it.

Let it melt on your tongue or coat the roof of your mouth.

Don't know where to begin? Here are some of our picks.

If you like...	Try this...
Madeira	Hershey’s milk chocolate bar
Darjeeling tea	Toblerone white chocolate bar
Sweet butter	Russell Stover chocolate-vanilla creams
Cabernet Sauvignon	Dove dark chocolate bar
American cheese	Lindt white chocolate bar
Balsamic vinegar	Godiva dark chocolate with raspberry bar
Orange marmalade	Ghirardelli Intense 86-percent cacao Midnight Reverie bar
Honey	Hershey’s Symphony almonds and toffee bar
Habanero peppers	Brownies made with Ibarra Mexican chocolate
Amber ale	Harry & David chocolatecovered bing cherries

Natalie Mikles 581-8486
natalie.mikles@tulsaworld.com

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