Chocolat

Paris is host, this week-end, to the Salon du chocolat; something
of a show for all forms of French chocolate: candy, spread (what could this be!?),
baking chocolate.

The French themselves are chocolate lovers, albeit less so than other Europeans.

The chocolate used is imported primarily from Africa.

Over half the overall production is exported, in a 3 billion Euro business.

Coming our way!!

source: Le Figaro.

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For anyone wondering what the local price of a chocolatine is, my local Super C
is offering a deep discount of 20 at 5.50$ Canadian. Which comes in at
.19 Euros (ie centimes) per pastry.

This is the home version, which on a dark morning of the third day of rain in
a row is pretty nice. But then, not the (butter) quality of a Parisian Café.

Problem is, a higher quality product would be hard to find. Although I'm willing to try...

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Starbucks sells a butter version at 2.45$ Canadian, which 1,66 Euros.