Chocolat II

"Chocolat" by Joanne Harris is a book I can read and read again.  In fact I have just finished reading it again.  It seems to be the perfect February book.  I mentioned it earlier this month as I had planned on pulling out the movie, but I later decided I should re-read the book first.  It is a book you can just fly through as it is a delight to read.  It has this slightly subversive tone to it as well, which makes it even more interesting.  Just reading it makes your mouth water--you can nearly smell and taste the chocolate.  Bitter orange cracknell, apricot marzipan roll, cerisette russe, white rum truffle, manon blanc, peche au miel millefleurs....things I have never even heard of.  And I thought the chocolates that Godiva sells in their really expensive boxes sounded exotic.  LOL.  Where do these things exist?  Maybe only Europe has such chocolatiers?  Now I will have to watch the movie.  It has also been ages since I have seen it, but I recall enjoying it.  I hope the experience is as good the second time around with the movie as it was with the book. Bon appetit.