Chocolate

According to the FDA love is not an ingredient however, emotion still plays a large role in cooking. In the novel Like Water for Chocolate by Esquivel the main protagonist Tita faces many challenges in life. A narration by Esperanza, Tita’s granddaughter starts every chapter with a recipe. The recipes may seem like just a tradition being recorded but, they actually correlate with the emotions and challenges Tita faces in the chapter. Food is also used as a recurring motif with symbolic…

The Health Benefits of Chocolate Chocolate has become one of the most reputation dessert and flavors in the world. In Meagan Nelson article “A Chat About Chocolate” (2016), chocolate was mentioned as “The Food of the Gods”, the first cacao beans were found by the ancient Mesoamericans in the tropical rainforest of Central America fermented (Meagan, 2016). Besides tasting good, Chocolate have many benefits for people which affect health, beautiful and nervous system. Over the…

When it comes to chocolate, there are only two options: you either love it or you are allergic to it; very few people actually dislike the aroma of chocolate. In this essay I will be taking a look at 2 texts about how chocolate is made. Text 1 is an extract from the novel “Chocolat” by Joanne Harris and text 2 is an informational and promotional piece published by www.greenandblacks.com, titled “From Bean to Bar”. Both texts talk about a passion for making chocolate, but that is where most of…

Almost all schools have a fundraiser of some sort whether it is selling food or apparel. Jerry Renault refuses to sell chocolates during his school’s fundraiser at demand of Trinity High School’s “gang”, The Vigils. In Robert Cormier’s, The Chocolate War, Jerry Renault learns that his actions of refusing to sell the chocolates have consequences like being bullied. Renault gets beat up at football practice, receives idle phone calls at night, has his locker vandalized, and has his homework…

The Chocolate War has brought up a discussion across the nation. Many people try to debate the point of this book. Many people wonder why the ending ended so poorly. Robert Cormier explained the ending of his book by saying, “I was portraying what happened when good people don’t come to the rescue.” Some people like to claim this quote is untrue; however, I agree with this quote. Because of the poor ending, desertion, and resistion, The Chocolate War proves to be a book where good people do…

obvious, chocolate milk! Why, you might ask? Because chocolate milk is healthy, it’s a great drink after any type of workout, and it tastes great. So, if you are considering banning chocolate milk in your school, remember, your students and the award that we gave chocolate milk for being such a great drink! But, if you’re still not convinced, here’s some more good information about why we need to continue serving chocolate milk in schools. One reason that schools should continue serving…

Ever since it was published in 1974, Robert Cormier’s The Chocolate War has been protested for years. Many teachers and parents believe that its portrayal of life and violence make the book too graphic for students. The continuous fight for control and power yield multiple conflicts between characters. The characters attitude between one another depict the overall moral of this book. I believe the novel should not be banned because readers should have the choice of reading the book or not. This…

Hoppe, Diana. “Dark Chocolate: Good - and Good for You!” NY Daily News, 12 Feb. 2016, www.nydailynews.com/life-style/dark-chocolate-good-good-article-1.2522061. Dr. Diana Hoppe, a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist, in her NY Daily News article “Dark Chocolate: Good - and good for you” (2016), discusses that dark chocolate in itself is very beneficial for our body. She describes the different qualities of this delicious treat by telling us a little bit of detail of what it contains.…

Like Water for Chocolate is undoubtedly one of the most widely well-known Mexican works on the international scale. It has been first published in 1989 in Spanish, then in 1992 in English, and then translated to over thirty languages. Like Water for Chocolate, written by Laura Esquivel, gained enormous popularity among literary works in the United States. In 1992, the film's script, that was based on the novel, swept the prestigious Ariel Awards. In 1993, it became the biggest grossing foreign…

but White Chocolate Macadamia nut cookies are the cookies I would choose over any other cookie. White Chocolate Macadamia nut cookies are not too sweet and not too salty, but just right. They contain Macadamia nuts which add a slight enjoyable crunch to the cookie. The interior is extremely soft and chewy. The experience the cookie provides is overwhelmingly satisfying. One of the key factors that makes the cookie so tasty is the white chocolate chips. I prefer white chocolate over milk…