We chocoholics owe our gratitude to Dr. James Baker, for making it all possible. In 1764, he figured out how to make cocoa powder from cocoa beans using two millstones.
Mozart was born Jan. 27, 1756, so he may have been around when the first chocolate cake was served to the Emperor's court. Hope so!
Lacking a whole cake, I'm going to have a cup of tea and munch a little Trader Joe's Pound Plus bittersweet dark chocolate. My absolute favorite. You can have the Godiva, Ghiarardelli and those other pricey ones. We have to drive eight hours to lay our hands on this stuff, so we make it last.
Now if I can just find a copy of my all-time favorite movie, "Amadeus."
Photo: Tom Hulse as Mozart in a still from the 1984 film "Amadeus," from a play written by Peter Shaffer which was based on an 1897 one-act opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korshakov, Mozart and Salieri, which is in turn based on an 1830 drama of the same name by Alexander Pushkin.
3 comments:
I like Amadeus, as well. It is most likely on my top 10 list. And it works as a biopic because it has a true center and point of view. The constant tension between genius and mediocrity -- and how the former can be its own worst enemy.
Well, it's been said that the film is historically inaccurate, but I bet Wolfie would have loved it anyway.
now you made me feel like eating chocolate. however, i already brushed and flossed so i will resist the temptation. i loved that movie. chris was just a baby when it came out and since my parents went to visit us, steve and i took the opportunity to go see it.
have you made any flan lately? i have made more flans since i came to japan than in many recent years put together. it has been a big hit with my friends here. i kept a copy of the recipe when i mailed it to you, gosh, almost 4 years ago. how time does fly.
enjoy your chocolate-mmmmm-good!
teresa
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