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Yelling From the Back Step

B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 04.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Savings and Loan Industry, Merrill Lynch, AIG Bonus, Fdic, Chrysler, Blackwater, Chocolate, Economy, Enron, Toxic Assets, Aig, Aiu, Economic Recovery, Economic Stimulus, Socialism, Edward Liddy, Altria Group, Business News
B. Jeffrey Madoff

"Toxic assets" are two words that don't belong together in the English language. The meaning of one cancels out the meaning of the other.

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Taxing and Banning: The Only Clear Strategies Our Leaders Seem to Have

Alan Miller | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Uk, Salt, Junk Food, Governor Paterson, Smoking Ban, Chocolate, Trans Fat Ban, Alcohol, Mike Bloomberg, Politics News
Alan Miller

In these troubled times it seems the one thing that we can be sure of is that bureaucrats and politicians are keen to go after the small pleasures of life and hit us where it hurts.

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Jacques Torres Hints At Expanding Chocolate Empire To Ice Cream

Jane Levere | Posted 04.17.2009 | Style

Read More: Jacques Torres, Food, Jacques Torres Ice Cream, Ice Cream, Chocolate, Style News
Jane Levere

Jacques Torres, the master chocolatier, revealed some plans last night that will no doubt be sweet news to chocoholics, New Yorkers and visitors to this city.

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Eating Chocolate Mindfully on Valentine's Day

Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 03.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Eating Habits, Healthy Living, Mindfulness, Healthy Lifestyle, Chocolate, Mindful Eating, Mindfulness Meditation, Eating, Healthy Eating Habits, Valentine's Day, Living News
Dr. Susan Albers

If you crossed chocolate off the list of gifts your sweetie can buy you for Valentine's Day this year, think again. You don't have to avoid chocolat...

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Be Mine and Be Fair this Valentine's Day

Elizabeth Rogers | Posted 03.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Valentine's Day, Green Jobs, Green Living, Organic Chocolate, Fair Trade Chocolate, Chocolate, Green News
Elizabeth Rogers

Almost 40 percent of Valentine's Day gifts involve some sort of candy or chocolate. Yet these gifts, which are meant to convey love and friendship, have this horrifically unlovely and unfriendly story.

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No Valentine? Focus on these Five Solo Perks

Lea Lane | Posted 03.14.2009 | Style

Read More: Anthony Bourdain, Clicker, Romance, Jay Leno, Chocolate, Solo Living, Bravo, American Idol, Single Tattoos, E!, David Letterman, Solo, Valentine's Day Ideas, Valentine's Day, Style News
Lea Lane

Remain positive during the next days when cards and chocolates are as numerous and tantalizing as low-hanging fruit, and words of romance are hot and heavy. Stay strong. Hug your cat.

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How to Have Your Chocolate and Eat It Too

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 03.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Weight Control, Valentine's Day Gifts, Healthy Eating, Diet Tips, Dieting, Chocolate, Valentine's Day, Weight Loss Tips, Weight Loss, Eating, Diet, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

Know and count the calories. You can include chocolate in your daily diet if you plan for those calories. If you get 1,300 calories a day and 160 of them are chocolate, you should still be fine.

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If He Brings The Chocolate Body Frosting, Is Dessert On Me?

Diane Tucker | Posted 04.29.2009 | Style

Read More: Chocolate, Valentine's Day, Dark Chocolate, Passion, Huffington Post, Diane Tucker, Body Frosting, Sexy Valentine's Day Ideas, Salon.com, Secret Passion, Tracy Clark-Flory, Bad Break-Ups, Feministing.com, Chocolate Voodoo Doll, pandagon.net, Style News
Diane Tucker

But for me, the big shocker was discovering body frosting at my corner Rite-Aid drug store. Who knew mainstream America was so sensual?

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Love and Chocolate

Kay Goldstein | Posted 03.13.2009 | Style

Read More: Richart Chocolates, Aphrodite Chocolates, Chilmark Chocolates, Bittersweet, Chocolate, Sharon Tyler Herbst, Janet Vine, Passion, Valentine’s Day, Love, Aphrodisiac, Serotonin, Style News
Kay Goldstein

I still don't know if chocolate is really an aphrodisiac. But I know this for sure: I could never be really close to someone who didn't like chocolate.

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Valentine's Day: A Chocolate State of Mind

Karen Leland | Posted 03.13.2009 | Style

Read More: Scharffen Berger Chocolae, Valentine's Day Gifts, Chocolate, Dessert, Food, Dark Chocolate, Valentine's Day, Style News
Karen Leland

I consulted my trove of chocolate cookbooks to see what delicious deserts I could whip up in honor of Robert Steinberg's life and just in time for Valentine's Day.

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Collect Chocolates for Your Valentine!

www.mochiads.com | MochiAds | Posted 03.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Games, Adventure, Valentine, Girl, Chocolate, Valentine's Day, Boy, Game, Collect, Love, Cute, Flash Games, Living News

Play the new game at HuffingtonPost and collect the chocolate for your beloved Valentine as girls like it so much! Your girlfriend has managed to get lost at the end of a rainbow. Prove your love by going for her rescue! Cute fun flash game where you have to collect the chocs, avoid the creatures and get the girl!

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Top 10 Reasons to Look Forward to Valentine's Day

Ethan Imboden | Posted 03.10.2009 | Style

Read More: Holidays, Top Ten, Relationships, Flowers, Pleasure, Porn, Hallmark, Pornography, Valentine, Jimmyjane, Romance, Chocolate, Sex, Sexual Relationships, Roses, Presents, Tips, Cards, Valentine’s Day, Top 10, Gifts, Love, Sexy, Style News
Ethan Imboden

Our modern Valentine's Day is still a holiday with benefits, some are just less obvious than others.

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Chocolate or Pills Which Is Worse for Pets?

Cindy Letchworth | Posted 03.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Poison, Aspca, Cats, Poison Remedies, Chocolate, Valentine's Day, Animals, Medications, Dogs, Living News
Cindy Letchworth

The ASPCA has reminded us pet lovers that certain valentine treats can be harmful to our furry companions.

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Gaston Lenotre, "God of Desserts," Dies at 88

Flora Lazar | Posted 02.09.2009 | Style

Read More: Nouvelle Cuisine, Chicago, Culinary Education, New York Restaurants, Paul Bocuse, Gaston Lenotre, Patisserie, Paris, Chefs, Washington Restaurants, David Bouley, French Pastry, Alice Medrich, Chocolate, French Pastry School, Food, Michael Guerard, Michel Richard, Sebastien Canonne, Troisgros, Citronelle, Culinary School, Style News
Flora Lazar

I always wanted to be a French pastry chef, long before I went to pastry school at age 50. As a teenager, I taught myself to bake with the aid of a s...

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The "I'm Vegan" and "I'm Not" Chocolate Pecan Tart

Lisa Lacy | Posted 01.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Eggs, Food, Flax, Chocolate, Vegan, Pecan, Green News
Lisa Lacy

This time, the vegan side was much darker. And there was sort of this area of confluence in the middle that reminded me of where the Chena and Nenana Rivers converge in Fairbanks, Alaska.

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How to Make Your Own Holiday Candy

Karen Leland | Posted 01.03.2009 | Style

Read More: Candy, Food, Holiday Season, Cookbook, Cooking, Chocolate, Preparing for the Holiday Season, Style News
Karen Leland

I'm a fan of candy and not ashamed to admit it, but I've always done the crunching and let someone else create. This holiday, I decided it was time to step into the confectioner's shoes.

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Ethical Chocolate Worth Craving

Josie Garthwaite | Posted 12.15.2008 | Green

Read More: Sustainable Food, Slow Food Movement, Sustainable Agriculture, Green Living, Fair Trade Chocolate, Slow Food, Taste Test, Organic Food, Eating Matters, Chocolate, Green Valentine's Day, Environment, Valentine's Day, New York Times, Food, Artisan, Dark Chocolate, Sierra Club, Cocoa, Fair Trade, Green News
Josie Garthwaite

But chocolate made with an eye to its social and environmental impact needn't taste virtuous, as Sierra Club staffers recently found out.

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Olives, Chocolate, and Sex

Darryle Pollack | Posted 10.02.2008 | Style

Read More: David Duchovny Sex Addiction, Cigarettes, David Duchovny, Chocolate, Tea Leoni, Style News
Darryle Pollack

It might be extra difficult to battle addictions not to things we consider bad -- like cigarettes and heroin. But when they're addicted to things we consider good -- like exercise and sex.

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A Chicagoan Takes on Pastry Olympics

Flora Lazar | Posted 09.29.2008 | Chicago

Read More: French Pastry, Chocolate, Food TV Network, Top Chef, Bellagio, Payard, Vanille Patisserie, Peter Yuen, Chicago Pastry, Chicago Bakeries, World Pastry Competition, Pastry Olympics, Dimitri Fayard, Keli Fayard, Pastry Chefs, Chicago Pastry Chefs, Vanille Chicago, Dimitri Fayard Pastry Competition, Chicago News
Flora Lazar

By any standard, Dimitri Fayard has a grueling schedule. But add to it training for the year's most prestigious international pastry competition and you get a sense of this French-born Chicagoan's determination.

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Old School Vies with New School at the Fancy Food Show

Laura Weiss | Posted 07.17.2008 | Green

Read More: Green, Food, Sustainable Food, New York City, Chocolate, Fancy Food Show, Green News
Laura Weiss

At the Fancy Food Show, artificially enhanced products like Marble Pop were a distinct minority. Sustainability was in the air-- and many fancy food producers were breathing in big gulps of the stuff.

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Nestle To Open Chocolate Research Center

Bloomberg | Thomas Mulier | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Chocolate, Nestle Chocolate, Chocolatier, Chocolate Factory, Dark Chocolate, Broc, Nestle, Marcolini, Business News

Nestle SA, the world's largest maker of dark chocolate, will open a Swiss research center that will develop new chocolate products to meet anticipated...

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"Dark Milk" Chocolate Reinvents Classic Treat

New York Times | Julia Moskin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Dark Milk Chocolate, La Maison Du Chocolat, Cacao, Valentine's Chocolate, Chocolate, Dark Chocolate, Milk Chocolate, Valentine's Day, Business News

Chocolate's dark mood is lightening at last. Until recently, midnight-black, bittersweet bars with punishing percentages of cacao were, like coffee a...

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Chocolate Makers Accused Of Price Fixing

Times | Christine Buckle | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Chocolate Manufacturers, Kraft, Price-Fixing, Chocolate, Mars, Nestle, Ritter, German Federal Cartel, Business News

Some of the world's leading chocolate manufacturers could face tough fines after German authorities raided seven companies in a price-fixing investiga...

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Hersheys Replaces Eight Of Its 11 Board Members

Bloomberg | Bob Ivry | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Chocolate, Hershey Trust, Hersheys, Business News

Hershey Co., the U.S. chocolate maker whose chief executive officer resigned last month, replaced eight of its 11 board members with directors elected...

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The Bacteria That's Behind Your Chocolate Cravings

AP News | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Chocolate, Appetite, Cravings, Living News

If that craving for chocolate sometimes feels like it is coming from deep in your gut, that's because maybe it is. A small study links the type of ba...

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