4th Annual Chocolate Event @ DHS 2/17

This Sunday: another great DHS monthly program! The Chocolate Bake-Off: YOUR favorite chocolate treat can win! To enter call or email Earl Taylor 617-293-3052 | ermmwwt@aol.com. Deliver your entry to the Dorchester Historical Society headquarters, 195 Boston Street between 10 and noon on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. Winners announced during the program. All delicious submissions will be shared with the audience after the speaker is finished. PROGRAM: Joe Carlin presents "Eating and Drinking in Colonial New England" an illustrated lecture about the importance of food during the Colonial era; the early history of cookbooks; tavern drinks w/ emphasis on rum punch, Madeira and home brewed Ale. Program begins at 2 pm Dorchester Historical Society 195 Boston Street Dorchester, MA 02125

Chocolate! Sunday Feb. 21 at the Dorchester Historical Society

Help DHS make Sweet History: Baker Chocolate Talk & Great Chocolate Cook-off Extravaganza 2010!

Chocolate! That creamy, rich, delicious confection we adore is something that few can resist, refuse, or deny themselves. Yet this sweet and decadent delicacy is far different than what was enjoyed just a few centuries ago when it was a delicious and flavorful drink referred to as the "Food of the Gods." Anthony M. Sammarco's new bestselling book The Baker Chocolate Company: A Sweet History chronicles the history and development of this venerable and delicious industry. In his illustrated lecture Sammarco outlines chocolate from its evolution from chocolatle to cocoa. Mr. Sammarco is a past president of the Dorchester Historical Society, and this is his fifty-seventh book.

After Mr. Sammarco's talk, sample chocolate creations by amateur cooks and professionals alike, who are invited to submit their best creations to the Great Chocolate Cook-Off 2010. To participate, fill out this form and send in to the DHS, 195 Boston St., Dorchester MA 02125 or contact Earl Taylor via email. Then deliver your creation by 11 AM on Feb. 21 to the Dorchester Historical Society. A panel of judges will perform a blind tasting to determine the top three winners, whose names will be announced during the program. Then after the talk everyone gets to enjoy the goodies as long as they last. For non-cooks who would prefer to just taste (yum!) at the event, there will be a $5 admission fee. Copies of Mr. Sammarco's book will be available at $21.99.

Dorchester Historical Society
Sun., Feb. 21, 2 pm
Visit the DHS website for more details.

chocolate - one of many Dorchester firsts

I am craving chocolate, maybe because I live within a mile of Lower Mills, the location of the country's first chocolate factory.