Thursday, February 24

Chocoholics Rejoice

   It's a bit early for Easter, but here are some chocolate-related links.

   1. "Celebrities immortalised in chocolate"
      < http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1257550.html >
   "Jonathan Ross is beating David Beckham in the race to be turned into chocolate"

   2. "Chocolate nativity leaves Italians' mouths watering"
      < http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1258081.htm >
   "Christmas has never tasted this good - 32 pastry chefs in Italy have unveiled
    what they say is the biggest ever nativity scene made entirely of chocolate"

   3. Other unusual chocolate items
   *  Chocolate Cellular Phone
      < http://www.creativechocolatesofvt.com/Products/Cell_Phone.php3 >
   *  Chocolate Handbags
      < http://www.chocochocohouse.com/ >
   *  Chocolate Solar System"
      < http://www.guianupcial.com/detalles/baylina/ >
   *  The Art of Sushi in Chocolate
      < http://www.kookisushi.com/ >

   In other, possibly related, news:
   *  "Fear of world chocolate shortage"
      < http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/06/26/
          nchoc26.xml >
   "The price of chocolate bars could soar if diseases that have devastated South
    America's cocoa crops are allowed to spread to other parts of the world, a
    scientist has warned"
   *  "UK shopper drives a sweet deal"
      < http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1102215.htm >
   "A woman with an apparently insatiable sweet tooth stunned staff at a British
    shop when she bought more than 10,000 chocolate bars and had them loaded into
    her chauffeur-driven limousine"