Are you crazy about chocolate?

1. Companies Point Fingers as Students Protest Conditions at Chocolate Plant (NY TIMES)
2. Five Decadent Spots For Chocolate Lovers: Chocolate Martinis, Cocoa Museums Draw Thousands Of Tourists (CLICK ON DETROIT)
3. Chocoholic fish at London aquarium ate nothing but Kit Kats (NEWS.COM.AU)
4. Frozen Haute Chocolate: World’s Most Expensive Dessert (INDUSTRY LEADERS MAGAZINE)
5. Dunkin’ Donuts introduces Frozen Hot Chocolate (BOSTON)
6. WONKA Launches First Branded 360-Degree Interactive Video in U.S. with New WONKA YouTube Channel (I STOCK ANALYST)
7. How to make chocolate – SLIDE SHOW (ABC.NET.AU)
8. Swiss chocolate makers target China: Differences in diet pose a challenge (MARKET WATCH)
9. £2m confectionery visitor attraction planned for York (BBC)
10. The future of gluttony: A 3D chocolate printer – VIDEO (CNET)
11. Boston historian to talk chocolate, lots of chocolate (BOSTON.COM)
12. Pope Benedict ‘plays’ a chocolate piano cake – VIDEO (BBC)

DO YOU PLAN your vacations around food?

If so, you’re a culinary tourist — and these links are for you!

1. Mexico City’s Culinary Excellence Receives International Recognition (THE MEXICO REPORT)
2. Travel Sense Tip: Check out Cultures at Home Before Going Abroad (CHICAGO NOW)
3. In Pilsen, Beer’s Not the Only Thing on Tap (NY TIMES)
4. Eat well while vacationing in Puerto Rico (LEADER)
5. Puerto Rican vacation packages can lead to a world of taste (LVRJ)
6. Amsterdam And Broodje Haring (HONEST COOKING)
7. Malaysia: Southeast Asia’s Next Great Foodie Destination (BUDGET TRAVEL)
8. Eat With Your Eyes: Five Great Museums Devoted to Food (SAVEUR)
9. Taxi Gourmet Tours Give Travelers a Taste of Berlin (PR USA)
10. Top 10 Tastes to Tackle in Hawaii (YUM SUGAR)
11. Fun in Acapulco (GOOD FOOD MEXICO CITY)
12. Staff Picks: Our Favorite Food Souvenirs to ‘Smuggle’ Home (SERIOUS EATS)

DO YOU PLAN your vacations around food?

If so, you’re a culinary tourist — and these links are for you!

1. We’ll Always Have Paris! Peripatetic, Poetic and Sweet – A Walking, Literary & Culinary Tour of Paris (BOOK PASSAGE)
2. The Five Best Things I Ate in Oaxaca Mexico (THE PAUPERED CHEF)
3. Five Tasteful U.S. Trips (BUDGET TRAVEL)
4. Ten Places to Eat Now in San Francisco (TABLEHOPPER)
5. World’s Weirdest Food Festivals – SLIDE SHOW (FOOD & WINE)
6. Disney: Epcot Center’s New Pizzeria, Via Napoli – VIDEO (SLICE)
7. Best Beer Museums in the World (GOT SAGA)
8. The 10 Best Lobster Shacks in Maine (TRAVEL & LEISURE)
9. La Tomatina / Buñol, Spain (FLYDIME/FLICKR)
10. 36 Hours in Sonoma (NY TIMES)
11. The Secret to Good Airline Food: Fly Alitalia (ATLANTIC)
12. Extreme Pig Outs: Meals That Will Blow Your Mind and Tip the Scale (TRAVEL CHANNEL)

Artisan food stuffs…

1. Artistic Dining in Museum Restaurants (NY TIMES)
2. Make a hash of it (CHICAGO TRIBUNE)
3. Mr. Chocolate, Jacques Torres, Stashes Cocoa Nibs in Pockets, Rides a Scooter to Sushi (GRUB STREET)
4. Restaurant critics stare into the abyss (SALON)
5. The Catcher in the Rye Bread (NY TIMES)
6. The Dish: Pad Thai (WALL STREET JOURNAL)
7. Postcard from Mexico City (WASHINGTON POST)
8. The Four Basic Elements of Dining (and Umami, too) (NY TIMES)
9. Five decades of Delia Smith: Chef Marco Pierre White pays tribute to a legend (MAIL ONLINE)
10. Forget Viagra – pork is the ticket to a hot sex life, says Argentina’s president Cristina Fernandez (NY DAILY NEWS)

A feast for the eyes:

1. Fresh From the Louvre, and Tasty (NY TIMES)
2. Sour oranges find sweet spot in California (LA TIMES)
3. Brit celebrity chef Ramsay plans show on Malaysian food (THE STAR)
4. Behind the scenes of Gordon Ramsay’s F Word (THE NEWS)
5. Bringing Home the Bacon Gets Tougher in the Age of Terror (WALL STREET JOURNAL)
6. Cookwork, Social Network for Professional Chefs is Ready to Serve You (PR WIRE)
7. ‘Deadliest Chef’ brings his Alaska cred to TV pilot (ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS)
8. Giant lobster sighted crushing cars in New Jersey (NJ NEWS)
9. Maple Syrup, the New Sugar? (FOX NEWS)
10. ‘Big’ concerns surrounds new weight-loss reality show (CNN)
11. Row over fatty grub in hospitals (THE SUN)
12. Alton Brown on cooking away stress (WTTV)