Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Chocolate Tasting and Sale Festival

By Mara Hernandez-Capili

Chocolate is a well known food made from the seeds of cacao. The term chocolate came from Two Maya words meaning bitter juice. Theobroma cacao is the scientifc term of chocolate which means "Food for the Gods".

Each year in chocolate aficionados come together and celebrate the Annual Chocolate Tasting / Sale in the state of Massachusetts. Chocolate tasting and sale features how the sweet concoction of chocolates are made, and aside from the usual forms of chocolates we are used to, the festival show that there are many other variants available.

Nashoba Valley Technical High School hosted the St. Marks Chocolate Festival. Nashoba is located at the eastern part of Massachusetts; the festive is a benefit for local pantries. For a day, the whole school transforms itself into a chocolate lover's haven, complete with all festive related decorations and an elaborate to eat all you can chocolate buffet. The event was $12 for adults and half the price for kids

Chocolate Tasting and Sale! Featured chocolates include; Mirabelle, Lake Champlain, Tasse, sauces, organic cacaos ("the new red wine") and of course giant chocolate bars. All chocolates will be available for tasting and for purchase.

In addition to abundant snacking, visitors had their share in judging the event they are to choose who amongst the participants have the best handmade confections. Handouts are distributed which will serve as their guidelines for describing the many chocolate flavors, from rich to bitter sweet to tart. The winner for this event was sighted for its uniqueness.

The combination of fun and good will is observed during the event, every on gets involved in their own special way . The funds raised during the event went to the schools scholarships and renovations.

In the end, baking pans were cleaned as the chocoholics and aficionados emptied the left-over; every participant went home a winner, having the best chocolaty time of their lives, an event full of fun and at the same time all in the name of a good cause.

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