Thursday, February 24, 2005

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"