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Music from the Chocolate LandsUnforgettable songs from countries where chocolate originates By Madelyn Miller |
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To me, chocolate is an all consuming passion. It is something to savor with all the senses. So when I heard there was a chocolate CD, I wasn’t sure if I should lick it or play it. Imagine finding the perfect CD to eat chocolate by. Or fantasize about chocolate if you happen to be dieting and resisting eating it.
Music from the Chocolate Lands offers a rich selection of songs from the world’s chocolate producing countries. The CD features a selection of songs as distinctive as chocolate’s history. This release includes music from the tropical countries that grow cocoa beans as well as collaborations with musicians from the European regions famous for their chocolate products. Africa, the world’s leading producer of cocoa beans, is represented by Dobet Gnahoré from the Ivory Coast and Toto Bona Lokua, a trio featuring artists from Congo, Cameroon and the French Caribbean island of Martinique. Also from the Caribbean are Haiti’s Beethova Obas, with “Rasanblé,” and the masterful Cuban trumpet player Chocolate Armenteros, whose song “Chocolate Sabroso” (Tasty Chocolate) is a perfect fit. Adrian Martínez and Andy Palacio, from the Central American country of Belize, provide a previously unreleased track. The collection also features songs by Ozomatli (USA/Mexico), Susana Baca (Peru), Marcantonio (Brazil), Susheela Raman (India) and Teresa Bright (Hawaii). The Belgian group Think of One teams up with Brazilian musicians to create a track that unites two important chocolate producing countries. Taffetas provides another truly unique collaboration, bringing together musicians from the West African country of Guinea Bissau and Switzerland, the land where milk chocolate was invented. Music from the Chocolate Lands liner notes are presented in English, French and Spanish and include a recipe for a flourless chocolate torte and information on the history of chocolate around the world. Read. Listen. Eat. Enjoy. I just wonder if there will be a diet or sugar-free version. 1. Toto Bona Lokua • Lisanga (Congo/Cameroon/Martinique) 2. Susheela Raman • Sarasa (India) 3. Marcantonio • Sabiá (Brazil) 4. Beethova Obas • Rasanblé (Haiti) 5. Ozomatli • Aquí No Será (Mexico/USA) 6. Think of One • Paletó (Belgium/Brazil) 7. Dobet Gnahoré • Kakou (Ivory Coast) 8. Taffetas • Yay Balma (Switzerland/Guinea-Bissau) 9. Teresa Bright • Tihore Mai Te Rangi (Hawaii) 10. Adrian Martínez with Andy Palacio • Baba (Belize) 11. Susana Baca • Valentín (Peru) 12. Chocolate Armenteros • Chocolate Sabroso (Cuba) For more info www.putumayo.com To read while listening to Music from the Chocolate Lands: Chocolatier Magazine Great way to get your monthly chocolate fix 125 BEST CHOCOLATE CHIP RECIPES From cookies to Cakes, Muffins & More By Jullie Hasson
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Chocolate has
been enjoyed for thousands of years. Used for medicinal and religious
purposes, as well as for pleasure, traces of this “food of the gods” have
been found in early Mayan pots dating back to 600 B.C.E. Europeans added
sugar, and the chocolate craze gradually spread throughout the world. Now
the cacao plant, which provides the raw cocoa beans for chocolate, is farmed
in tropical locations around the globe, often far away from its Central and
South American origins.