Wednesday, December 17, 2008

chocolate

Chocolate A Bittersweet Saga of Dark and Light
Comments -
1.To make memorable chocolate, you need above all the palate to recognize it.
2.In a world of fast food and junkybshops, the Grand-Sablon is a throwback to a different age.
3."Belgian chocolate is by far the best, no comparison to that stuff in France," Thier told me. "Frenchmen come to Belgium and by chocolate by the kilo."
4.In each of the samples I tasted, chocolate was secondary to other stronger flavors.
5.Belgium chocolatiers feel that quality above all makes the chocolate.
Questions -
1.Why does every chocolatier feel his country makes the best chocolate?
2.Why does Belgiums beliefs about chocolate vary so much from France's?
3.Why was the chocolate not the main taste in the Belgium samples?
4. Why does Belgium give more credit to the customers pallet than France?
Vocabulary -
1.generalities -the state or quality of being general.
2.flamboyant - strikingly bold or brilliant; showy
3.leeway - extra time, space, materials, or the like, within which to operate; margin.
Literary Terms -
1.Setting - Belgium
2. Exposition- The author talks to a Belgium chocolatier and finds out how different their thinking is on making chocolate.
Outline -
Belgium chocolatiers believe in quality and the customers tastes.they also feel they are far superior to France and other coutries in their chocolate making and customer satisfaction.

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