![]() ![]() Finally, she breaks in and steals four boxes of chocolate. Cade bribes her way into his chocolate-making class and he tosses her out again. Unfortunately, they won't even speak to her, and the top artiste in Paris, Sylvain Marquis, actually throws her out of his store after she asks him to collaborate on a line of "premium chocolates" with his name on it. ![]() Cade Corey is the heiress to a thinly disguised Hershey's-esque fortune, and she's determined to learn the secrets of the oh-so-snobby French chocolatiers. The plot of Laura Florand's The Chocolate Thief casts my cultural clash with my husband into high relief. I merely smirk: Hershey's kisses are sold all over Italy, summer or winter. If Alessandro accidentally puts pedestrian American chocolate into his mouth, he shivers all over like a toddler given an oyster. He's from Florence, Italy, and his favorite store - Scudieri on Piazza del Duomo - refuses to make chocolate when the weather is not conducive to a perfect texture. ![]() I think woe and joy are best addressed with chocolate, whether it is shaped into a kiss or comes from an Ecuadorian plantation. To my mind, given that the earth is our only source of chocolate, it hardly matters how the supply is cut off. Some despair at the idea the world will end in fire or ice. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Chocolate Thief Author Laura Florand ![]()
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