Food For Thought - Chocolate Part 1

People seem to be going crazy over chocolate these days, especially dark chocolate, as recent scientific studies seem to indicate that regular consumption of dark chocolate can help lower cholesterol, and fight cancer.  Today's edition of Food For Thought featured part of my interview with chocolate lover and connaisseur Dr. Jordan LeBel, who is an associate professor in the Hotel and Restaurant School in Ithaca, New York.  Dr. LeBel was hired by the Poulain chocolate company (owned and distributed in Canada by Cadbury) to talk about the health benefits and history of chocolate.  To listen to today's show in Real Audio, Click here.

The good news is that Cadbury is trying to bring Poulain high-quality dark chocolate to the masses.  You can now purchase Poulain chocolate in stores such as Shoppers Drug Mart and Sobey's across Canada, and in Western Canada and BC in IGA, Safeway and Overwaitea or Save-On Food stores.

I'll have more from Dr. LeBel next week, along with the story of two young chocolatiers who are bringing a worldwide taste of chocolate to a new shop called Chocoatl in Vancouver's Yaletown.

Here are a couple of links to interesting articles on the dark chocolate phenomenon:

The first from the Globe and Mail, and the second from Elliott Minor at the Associated Press.