The arrival of Europeans to what they believed the West Indies brought them more of a surprise. The fabulous quantity of species (animals and plants) unknown to them and a gastronomic world never imagined until then. Of the seed of cocoa, one of the most precious of Aztecs and Mayans was the most exquisite drink for the dominant castes. The gold and chocolate could be considered earthly pleasures par excellence. But how can we enjoy in a very essence? The chocolatería Switzerland DeLafée created a chocolate to which gave him the food additive E175, derived from the gold. A sensual chocolate Dorado whose pleasure she would not have been alien to the King Midas (sentenced to convert into gold everything that played).

In the world have been erected museums where they worship to the discovery more delicious New World. Among the most famous we have to Chocolate Museum in Cologne in Germany, open to the public in 1993. The Secrets of Chocolate of France. The Phillip Island Chocolate Factory in Australia, with its ten reasons for eating chocolate. The Chocó Story of the city of Bruges in Belgium. And the world of chocolate of Barcelona, all of them in Europe and the chocolate history as one of its main attractions.

In America we can visit in addition The Chocolate Museum of Canada, created in the former factory Ganong candies. The Candy American Museum of Pennsylvania in the United States. And in Mexico, the Chocolate Museum Nestlé, building of futuristic design opened the year 2007. Read the rest of this entry »