21Nov/16

Listening to different sounds or music while eating chocolate can change its flavour

November 21, 2016Entertainment, Factual, Fun, Information, Products, TechnologyAudio, Bitter, Cadbury, Chocolate, Eating, Experience, Flavour, Flute, Harmonic, Listen, Listening, Music, Musician, Note, Science, Sound, Staccato, Taste, ViolinSephra

Researchers claim chocoholics will be able to increase their enjoyment of the snacks by listening to music.

16Nov/16

Eating Chocolate Makes You Smarter

November 16, 2016Factual, Information, News, ProductsBrain, Chocolate, Clever, Cocoa, Coffee, Cognitive, Consumption, Diet, Eating, Flavanols, Food, Function, Habit, Health, Intellegence, Intelligent, Nutrition, Research, Science, Smart, Smarter, Study, TeaSephra

It’s good news for chocolate fans as a new study suggests that eating chocolate could actually make you smarter. In fact, a group of scientists are actually recommending you eat more ofRead More…

03Nov/16

Raith Rovers Ladies and Girls FC U13’s Match Report

November 3, 2016Entertainment, Factual, Fun, Information, News, UncategorizedDefence, Fife, Football, Game, Girls, Keeper, Ladies, Pitch, Pitreavie, Pride, Raith, Season, Soccer, Spirit, Sponsor, Striker, TeamSephra

Bayside 12’s 2 – 0 Raith Rovers Ladies and Girls FC U13’s

31Oct/16

Chocolate… 5 Scientific Reasons Why It Should Be Savoured

October 31, 2016Factual, Information, News, Products, TechnologyAroma, Brain, Caramel, Chemical, Chocolate, Cocoa, Crystal, Dopamine, Experience, Flavour, Floral, Health, Memory, Olfactory, Savour, Science, Senses, Sensory, Seratonin, Smell, Taste, TemperatureSephra

Chocolate has tempted the world more than any other dessert. Though our first instinct is to quickly indulge in chocolate’s creamy goodness, scientists have discovered that to fully experience chocolate, it shouldRead More…

14Oct/16

Is it rude to take the last chocolate?

October 14, 2016Factual, Fun, ProductsBars, Candy, Chocolate, Experiment, Jar, Last, Principle, PsychologySephra

Should I take the last chocolate? I didn’t know it was the last one when, feeling peckish on a recent afternoon, I rose from my desk and walked across the newsroom towardRead More…

16Sep/16

Sir Hans Sloane – More Than Just The Chocolate Man

September 16, 2016Culture, Factual, Information, TechnologyBeverage, Blackwood, Botanist, British, Chelsea, Chocolate, Cocoa, Collection, College, Costume, Drinking, Duke, Egypt, Europe, Hincks, Inoculation, Ireland, Jamaica, Killyleagh, Liquid, London, Medicine, Middle East, Milk, Museum, Nelson, Newton, Physician, President, Quinine, Recipe, Royal, Science, Sloane, Society, Study, Sugar, Syria, TrafalgarSephra

Jenny Lee takes a bite of Killyleagh history during a walking tour of the Co Down village, birthplace of scientist and collector Sir Hans Sloane, who is credited with bringing the recipeRead More…

13Sep/16

Why Chocolate Makes Me Happy

September 13, 2016Factual, Information, News, ProductsBlood, Chocolate, Dark, Diabetes, Disease, Endorphins, Happy, Heart, Hormones, Insulin, Italy, Milk, Polyphenols, Tea, White, WineSephra

Chocolate makes me happy and has become an incredibly popular food product that millions indulge in every day, thanks to its unique, rich, and sweet taste.

07Sep/16

How To Make Tempered Chocolate

September 7, 2016Factual, Information, Products, Recipes and Treats, TechnologyBoiler, Candy, Chocolate, Condensation, Confection, Cool, Cooling, Dark, Degree, Finish, Gloss, Heat, Melt, Melter, Melting, Milk, Paper, Rubber, Silicone, Temper, Tempered, Tempering, Thermometer, Wax, WhiteSephra

Tempering is a way of precisely melting chocolate so that it has that nice, glossy finish that you see on professionally made candies. Tempered chocolate is heated, cooled and then warmed again.

05Sep/16

How to Make Chocolate Work in a Salad

September 5, 2016Entertainment, Factual, Fun, Products, Recipes and TreatsBalsamic, Bouillon, Cacao, Chili, Chocolate, Craving, Fruit, Garnish, Godiva, Green, Heaven, Mexican, Pepper, Salad, Sauce, Savoury, Spice, Spinach, Strawberry, VinegarSephra

Sure, it’s easy enough to satisfy chocolate cravings by mainlining the stuff (just kidding, please don’t inject chocolate into your veins)—but Chocoholics looking for new ways to consume their favorite food shouldRead More…

23Aug/16

The science of chocolate: What makes us like it so much?

August 23, 2016Culture, Factual, Information, NewsAnandamide, Art, Brain, Caffeine, Chocolate, Cocoa, Craving, Guilty, Happy, History, Marijuana, Mayan, Mexico, Milk, Pleasure, Sanskrit, Science, Serotonin, Stimulant, SugarSephra

Does chocolate make you happy? There’s science behind why that might be.