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" Let&amp;#039;s face it. It&amp;#039;s hard to get excited about Prune Breakfast Month, Bean Day, or National Oatmeal Month (although I do give my colleague Jennifer Sweenie credit for writing a very nice blog post on this one) but this week is American Chocolate Week and who can&amp;#039;t whoop it up about this one! In celebration of these seven heavenly days, the national Confectioners Association (NCA) is launching a new website, TheStoryofChocolate.com.  On The Story of Chocolate you&amp;#039;ll find everything you ever wanted to know about chocolate from how it&amp;#039;s harvested to tips on how to enjoy it including recipes; Double-Chocolate Chunk Muffins anyone? Some things I learned:  Benjamin Franklin sold chocolate in his print shop in Philadelphia. German chocolate cake was named for Sam German, who developed a sweet bar for Baker&amp;#039;s Chocolate, and wasn&amp;#039;t from Germany. Ancient Mexicans used cacao beans as currency. Champagne pairs well with white chocolate.  Who knew? Ready to get in the kitchen and whip up chocolate desserts. Naturally, the very best recipes were developed by our food editors. Don&amp;#039;t miss two of Susan Westmoreland, our Food Director&amp;#039;s personal faves, Best-Ever Brownies and Chocolate-Hazelnut Macaroons.  Are you a purist, who loves dark chocolate, straight up? Check out the results of our Taste Test of 26 bars. And if you want the most delicious chocolates money can buy treat yourself to truffles from my go-to source, Bridgewater Chocolate. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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