Janice Harper

I am a cultural anthropologist, writer and mom with a penchant for cooking my troubles away in the kitchen. My most recent mission has been to democratize chocolate making for the masses, teaching and preaching the Zen of chocolate tempering and molding to all who dare dip themselves in the delicious mess of melting chocolate. For more on my adventures in chocolate and other mishaps and adventures, click on my blog, The Chocolate Covered Kitchen, at www.chocolatecoveredkitchen.com.

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Posts by Janice Harper

March 3, 2011

sipping chocolate

When I was marooned in the heart of a rainforest in Madagascar for over a year, the last thing I could find was chocolate.  Although Madagascar is renowned for its cacoa beans, the average...

March 1, 2011

Food and How It Gets That Way

What does our culture tell us about food, and what does food tell us about ourselves and the cultures we live in?  Tune in each Tuesday as I pull out my Ph.D. and write on the anthropology of food in...

February 23, 2011

How to Taste Chocolate

Back in the days of Russell Stover and Whitman Samplers, chocolate lovers could pretty much be sorted into those who liked to take a chance and those who wanted to know what they were getting into....

February 17, 2011

3 Rules for Buying Great Chocolate

I secretly believe that Valentine’s Day brings more broken hearts than throbbing ones. It seems that for every gushing lover I hear from who is delighted with the love and gifts bestowed on him or...

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