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Summary: Chocolate fun!!!
Review: Sandra Boynton really did over research this topic, and has done a wonderful job telling us about chocolate with all of her comic characters. All of the characters have a chocolate personality: dark chocolate, semi-sweet, white chocolate, etc. And each tell us the details and wonders of each.
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Summary: chocoholic heaven!
Review: The brownie recipe in this book is deliciously yummy! Sandra Boynton really has a winner here. The illustrations are wonderful too and so funny like the writing.
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Summary: Essential book for chocolate lovers
Review: This book has been a favorite of mine for years. I highly recommend it to anyone who loves chocolate. It is filled with information, humor and fun illustrations - even recipes! If you can't imagine life without chocolate - you should buy this book.
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Summary: For chocolate lovers of all ages
Review: This is a lovely book! Beautiful and funny illustrations, delicious recipes, interesting facts ... "Chocolate The Consuming Passion" covers basically everything any chocolate lover would want to know. It includes chocolate profiles, information about different kinds of chocolate, chocolate myths and funny observations. One example is this: "The greatest tragedies were written by the Greeks and by Shakespeare. Neither knew chocolate." Of course, there is no causality, but still! Although this book is written for children, any chocolate lover will adore it, regardless of age. Actually, one does never really grow out of picture books, at least not the good ones. The first time I saw this book was in the window of the best chocolate store in my town, The Belgian House of Chocolate. I knew I must get it! I have not been disappointed.
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Summary: For chocolate lovers of all ages
Review: This is a lovely book! Beautiful and funny illustrations, delicious recipes, interesting facts ... "Chocolate The Consuming Passion" covers basically everything any chocolate lover would want to know. It includes chocolate profiles, information about different kinds of chocolate, chocolate myths and funny observations. One example is this: "The greatest tragedies were written by the Greeks and by Shakespeare. Neither knew chocolate." Of course, there is no causality, but still! Although this book is written for children, any chocolate lover will adore it, regardless of age. Actually, one does never really grow out of picture books, at least not the good ones. The first time I saw this book was in the window of the best chocolate store in my town, The Belgian House of Chocolate. I knew I must get it! I have not been disappointed.
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Summary: My Personal Guide to Life in General.
Review: Well researched and deeply thought out. My favorite Boynton book. Explains the necessity of having chocolate for a meaningful life. The many characters in the book are well developed and can be related to on a real-life level. I also have Boynton calendars and stuffed animals: Chocolate Hippo, Ivan the Turkey, Albert Einswine, the Pig, and an Elephant, whose name I can't remember. I just call him Grumpy. Anyhow, I know all chocolate lovers and even chocolate haters (if such a thing exists) will thoroughly enjoy this great little book.
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Summary: Almost as addictive as chocolate itself
Review: What could be better than a book written by my favorite greeting card author and illustrator? And about my favorite vegetable: CHOCOLATE (is a many-splendored thing)! To whet your appetite, I give you what the Pig says (on the reverse cover) from the lecturn/podium to the Turkey, Cow, Cat and Hippo in the audience: Pig: This comprehensive guide answers every possible question about chocolate. Turkey: Is chocolate available in nicer colors than brown? Pig: This thorough guide answers every INTELLIGENT question about chocolate. This is a genuinely educational book, to be sure; but the facts are always thoroughly interlaced with Boynton's inimitable wit (both verbal and graphic), with which she all but pulls your leg off at times while keeping her own tongue firmly in cheek. Buy a candy bar (or better yet, a box of chocolates) from Godiva to go with this book, and you're have the luck of the chimney sweeps follow you (or the lucky lass/lad you give them to) forever.
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