All posts by Sephra

26Aug/15

Chocolate with your Bacon? Tate Britain’s feast for the senses

August 26, 2015Entertainment, Fun, Information, NewsArt, Art Gallery, Chocolate, Exhibition, IK Prize, London, Science, Senses, Sensorium, Tate BritainSephra

London gallery opens Sensorium to explore whether taste, touch, smell and sound change the way people experience art.

06Aug/15

Hot chocolate may prevent memory decline

August 6, 2015Factual, Information, NewsAlzheimer's, Chocolate, Cocoa, Dementia, Flavanol, Harvard, Memory, MRI, Neurology, NeurovascularSephra

Scientists at Harvard Medical School suggest drinking two cups of hot chocolate a day may keep the brain healthy and prevent memory decline in older people by preserving blood flow in workingRead More…

31Jul/15

The docs offer advice: The Power of Chocolate

July 31, 2015Factual, Information, NewsCardiovascular, Chocolate, Cocoa, Health, Polyphenols, Roald Dahl, WineSephra

Roald Dahl, who wrote “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” was buried with a good supply of chocolate and red wine, along with snooker cues, pencils and a power saw. Apparently, Roald DahlRead More…

08Jul/15

Eating Chocolate May Reduce Stroke Risk

July 8, 2015Factual, Information, NewsBlood Pressure, Catechins, Chocolate, Cholestorol, Dark Chocolate, Diabetes, Epicatechins, Flavanoids, Milk Chocolate, Neurology, Procyanidins, StrokeSephra

While a bar of chocolate might be considered as a guilty pleasure by many of us, perhaps we don’t need to feel quite so bad about our weakness for this sweet treat.Read More…

03Jul/15

27 Ingenious Things You Can Make in a Waffle Maker (Besides Waffles)

July 3, 2015Fun, Information, Products, Recipes and TreatsBelgian, WaffleSephra

Unlike Carly Rae Jepsen, a waffle maker is no one-hit wonder. Thanks to its distinctive honeycombed surface, the breakfast gadget is like a panini press, mini grill, and toaster oven all inRead More…

25Jun/15

Chocolate Now Won’t Melt in Your Hands

June 25, 2015Factual, Information, News, ProductsCailler, Callebaut, Chocolate, Depypere, Heat-Resistant, KitKat, M&M, Mars, Mondelez, SnickersSephra

Chocolate Now Won’t Melt in Your Hands. Because Science (It doesn’t taste like wax, either.) Barry Callebaut AG’s Heat-Resistant Chocolate Growing up, Frederic Depypere didn’t fret much about messy chocolate. In rainyRead More…

10Jun/15

Countries Consuming the Most Chocolate in the World

June 10, 2015Factual, Fun, Information, NewsAustralia, Canada, Chocolate, Cocoa, Consume, Europe, New England Journal, Nobel Prize, United StatesSephra

Did you know that if you live in one of the 11 countries that consume the most chocolate in the world, you have a higher chance of winning a Nobel Prize?

29May/15

This Guy Eats Chocolate for Every Meal and Is Probably Healthier Than You

May 29, 2015Factual, Fun, InformationChannel 4, Chocolate, Chocolatier, Health, Willie Harcourt-Cooze, Willie WonkaSephra

Chocolate all day, erryday? Sounds like a dream, apart from the pimples, sugar headaches, and inevitable weight gain. Not for Willie Harcourt-Cooze. The Devon-based chocolate maker incorporates it into almost every meal,Read More…

12May/15

10 health reasons you should eat more Chocolate

May 12, 2015Factual, Information, NewsBrain Food, Chocolate, Cholestorol, Diabetes, Flavonols, Health, Stroke Prevention, Weight LossSephra

Chocolate is the ultimate comfort food, a sure-fire stand-by in times of stress, a reliable source of consolation when life has let us down, and a mood-enhancer and romance-inducer in more positiveRead More…

11May/15

Science now helping to develop better chocolate

May 11, 2015Factual, Information, NewsBloom, Chocolate, DESY, Fats, Liquid, Petra III, ScienceSephra

Scientists have used X-ray to peer into the sweet brown heart of chocolate to discover what causes it to turn white.