Chocolate is Love

If love is a flavor then it most definitely and unequivocally must be chocolate. Chocolate, like love, is complex, hypnotic, potent and ever changing. Love doesn’t have a single flavor. It isn’t a one size fits all. Different forms and flavors are produced by varying the quantities and ingredients. Temperature can change everything. Do you remember your first love, the first time you held their hand and the way it made your heart pump? It was dreamy and pure, nothing complex, nothing fancy; just like white chocolate. Time went on and we began to grow up, and with maturity came a more refined and sophisticated palette. Our chocolate went from pure and simple to a bit more flavorful and substantial. The cocoa beans roasted a bit more and the milk chocolate became something of a delight. As often happens with too much of a good thing we may find ourselves searching for more than the sweet and simple pleasures and venturing into a more foreign territory. For some that journey will become bittersweet or simply dark. For others, we find the perfect harmony of vacillating between “couveture” and pure cocoa bliss. It is difficult to say where that perfect balance lies. Often we think we have found it only to be desensitized by the complexity of the combination. We find ourselves returning to our origins, the simple things in life and love that we know and are comfortable with. With time we usually make the cycle again, pure to bittersweet to dark and back again. Time, patience, a well tested recipe and a deep desire for chocolate are the essential ingredients. As a matter of fact, they are the most judicious ingredients for love too! Mr. Davis, you are by far my perfect blend. You are a confection of  perfection. You are my chocolate! With all my love and eternal affection, Happy Valentine's Day. Sometimes the flavor is strong and captivating and other times it is sheer whimsy or downright nutty. Whatever the intensity, I love the flavor.  I hope you all have a wonderful Valentine’s Day. With that said, I think I will have a piece of chocolate.