{"id":952,"date":"2020-07-07T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/?p=952"},"modified":"2020-07-07T06:11:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T06:11:00","slug":"happy-world-chocolate-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/2020\/07\/07\/happy-world-chocolate-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy World Chocolate Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Did you know: For about 90% of chocolate\u2019s long history, it was strictly a beverage \u2013 and sugar didn&#8217;t have anything to do with it. This according to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/arts-culture\/a-brief-history-of-chocolate-21860917\/#:~:text=The%20creation%20of%20the%20first,of%20chocolate%20candies%20in%20England.\" class=\"rank-math-link\">A brief history of chocolate<\/a>\u201d, published by <em>Smithsonian Magazine.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The origin of the word \u201cchocolate\u201d can be traced to the Aztec word \u201cxocoatl\u201d, which referred to a bitter drink brewed from cacao beans. The Latin name for the cacao tree,&nbsp;<em>Theobroma cacao<\/em>, means \u201cfood of the gods.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Food of the gods, indeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just look at these beautiful pieces from the Carrol Boyes chocolate collection, <a href=\"http:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/2020\/05\/29\/a-meet-up-of-beauty-and-confection\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">as featured in a previous post as well<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The chocolate pieces are handcrafted individual sculptures, inspired by Carrol Boyes\u2019s art. They are cast in the finest quality chocolate, and hand-made by the brand\u2019s very own chocolatier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video below to see how they are made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Carrol Boyes Chocolate Collection\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uXPi2JJirvw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For about 90% of chocolate\u2019s long history, it was strictly a beverage \u2013 and sugar didn&#8217;t have anything to do with it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-wine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=952"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1039,"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952\/revisions\/1039"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atableforone.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}