Books and Chocolae-July 2022
What more does a girl need than a pile of books and a bowl of chocolate? Let’s talk about what we’ve been reading and feeding our inner chocoholics.
Continue reading →Bake up some Historic Chocolate Cookies
Last week we visted English Chocolate Houses. How about some historical cookies to go with that hot chocolate?
Continue reading →Celebrating National Kitten Day!
English Chocolate Houses
While chocolate seems ubiquitous today, it did not make its official debut in England until the 1650s when it became very popular in the English Royal Court.)
Continue reading →What was a Riding Officer?
During the 18th and early 19th century in Britain, smuggling was a huge enterprise. Riding officers became one element in the government’s arsenal against smuggling.
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