Peace, Love & Chocolate!

Katrina Markoff just might be my new hero! Her goal is to bring peace to the world through chocolate - a noble cause if I've ever heard of one. She says and I quote "Bringing peace to the world through chocolate is a pretty big mantra, but it can do that by introducing different cultures and points of view." She is doing a pretty fantastic job of that with her exotic chocolates. My new favorite chocolate in all the world is her Goji Bar which I discovered today the back of the box of which put me on to Katrina and her fabulous empire.

One of my colleagues in their customary 'diet ruining moves' put this Goji bar on the communal table we use for lunch and for magazines no one wants. Anyway, I was intrigued by the bizarre but fabulous tasting combination of Tibetan goji berries, pink Himalayan salt and deep milk chocolate and had to try some. The ingredients might sound weird, but the taste was like nothing else I've ever tried! I also liked that on the box there were instructions given about how to savor the chocolate involving all the senses. Finally, people who realize that chocolate is serious business! Let's just say it had me at the smell. Check out my fave:

http://www.vosgeschocolate.com/product/goji_exotic_candy_bar/exotic_candy_bars

An environmentalist myself, I recently found out that producing chocolate is really hard on the environment. Bah humbug! What???! Why are there fun-killers everywhere you look??? Why does everything I enjoy have a high price??? Ok, I'll stop feeling sorry for myself and tell the story already... Anyway Katrina has greened her chocolate company - they use 100% renewable energy in producing their chocolates! Yay guilt-free chocs on so many levels. Also she's known for having events such as beer & chocolate, ice cream tasting and yoga & chocolate workshops! Next to Gwyneth Paltrow and all my real-life best friends, Rina (my nickname for her) is my newest very best friend in the whole world! Speaking of best friends, I got sad that one of my besties, Gracie, who would be able to truly appreciate all of this, is across the world in Cambodia :o( I must send her some of this uber cool deliciousness!

See how Katrina gains inspiration from cultures, religion, Bob Marley, yoga, etc., then weaves them into stories she tells through chocolate. Be inspired.



Peace, love & chocolate.
Me :o)