Chocolate Tasting Around the World
Week 6 | M, Tu | Turner 205 | Ages 16 and up
The best chocolate in the world is the one you enjoy the most. Come discover different profiles of chocolate by tasting samples from around the world. Using your senses of sight, smell, touch and taste, evaluate over 16 samples of chocolate to identify your favorite. Become acquainted with the history of cacao cultivation, manufacturing and the bean to bar chocolate making processes. Conclude with discussion of health issues and how the consumption of chocolate fits into our society today and in the future.
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Beverly Humbert
B.S., Frostburg State University, Art Education, Goucher College, M.E.. Twenty Five yrs. experience teaching art. Traveled to England, Scotland, Ireland, and Italy and visited nearly every chocolate shop available. Studied Chocolate Tasting with Chautauqua Institution Special Studies Instructor, Karen Koch. Provided chocolate tasting opportunities for church women, military wives, tea parties and Chautauqua Institution. Chautauquan for 33 years.