Monday, 29 March 2010

Interesting chocolate serving dishes

Now this is an interesting way to eat chocolate. Talk about playing with your food!







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Chocolate – it’s sensual, sexual, and delicious; known the world over for its mood altering properties and palette pleasuring sensibilities. We’re not supposed to play with food but Forplay is a concept near and dear to my heart. It explores the three main ways chocolate is enjoyed: licking, melting, and pouring. Ooh how scintillating!

Each of the three sets in this concept are made from porcelain and focuses on three distinct gestures shared among chocolate lovers around the world.

• Colors: Using a brush filled with hot, liquid chocolate to draw onto a frozen plate, freezes the chocolate as the “painter’s” art…until it is eaten, of course.

• The Mountain: Mountain-shaped chocolate that covers the lips of the cup, melts when hot milk is poured on it, creating a nice cup of hot coco.

• The Mussels: Eating chocolate much like the ritual of eating mussels and oysters from their shells, encourages licking, an expression of sensuality that is taboo in most public places.

Designer: Adva Noach

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Forplay Chocloate Sauce Dish by Adva Noach

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Wednesday, 24 February 2010

Looking for Enlightenment (or just some good advice)

As previously posted, I've signed up to run another 1/2 marathon in August, and I find myself faced with a conundrum. I'm not the world's best or most experienced runner, so I tend to rely heavily on the advice of others, especially when it comes to figuring out how I'm going to get myself through this! So, here's the thing. I'm looking at two different training programs that are quite different, and I'm debating which one I should follow.

The first is popular here in Canada through the Running Room chain of stores. It is a 16 week program, has you running  5 days a week with 2 rest days, incorporates hill training starting in week 6, and its longest long run is 20k. In 8 of the weeks, you are doing 30km or more in total mileage.

Option 2 is to follow the Runners World SmartCoach training program. It too is a 16 week program, but it only has you running 4 days a week with 3 rest/cross training days, has no hill training, and its longest long run is only 16km. You do 30km or more in only 3 of the training weeks, and it has a smattering of speed work days.

Last time I followed the Running Room training program. I was fine up until hill training started, at which point I was hobbled up with a sore calf muscle. I never completed all the hill training, figuring I live on the flat prairie, so what was the point? I also realized about half way through that more in the way of weight training and core strength training might have helped.

So, which is better? Any suggestions?

Thursday, 18 February 2010

Valentine’s Day Collection SOLD OUT!

A local chocolatier that has just started up. Yum!



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A big thank you to all who purchased the 2010 Valentine’s Day collection. This limited collection has officially sold out!…


The next collection will be launched for Easter. Please join my FACEBOOK group or send me an email if you would like to be kept in the loop about the launch date & the new collection details (jacqueline@jacekchocolate.com)…


I hope you all have a wonderful Valentine’s Day. Mine so far has been fabulous…


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