{"id":11627,"date":"2009-10-14T17:26:53","date_gmt":"2009-10-14T21:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thatdope.com\/food-drinks\/haute-chocolate\/"},"modified":"2009-10-14T17:26:53","modified_gmt":"2009-10-14T21:26:53","slug":"haute-chocolate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thatdope.com\/food-drinks\/haute-chocolate\/","title":{"rendered":"Haute Chocolate"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This week, more than 400 exhibitors are in Paris, France for the 2009 Paris Chocolate Festival. The theme this year is opera.<\/strong><\/p>\n The event kicked off last night with a chocolate fashion show<\/strong> where dresses are created by a combination of top fashion designers and chocolatiers.<\/p>\n Walking the runway wearing the chocolate fashions were models, actresses, television personalities and opera singers. The event, which runs from October 14-18th, will feature the latest innovations from chocolatiers around the world, and will include cooking demonstrations, a cocoa show dedicated to the cultures and countries that produce cocoa, tasting sessions and even an awards show.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Latest figures from the International Cocoa Organization show that total chocolate confectionary consumption in France has not increased as much as the United States over the past decade.<\/p>\n According to Nytimes.com, the French ate 50,000 tons more chocolate in 2006 compared to 1997, while the increase among North Americans was 197,000 tons.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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