Chocolate Reality

 

I remember visiting an art installation in the early nineties in the East End of London - the artist had completely coated the walls of the gallery in chocolate. It was bizarre - the heady smell, the sweetness. You could see people fighting the urge to lick the walls. Fittingly for today's stop on our Canadian blog tour, I've spent the afternoon watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with our five year old. I'm still a big fan of the scary original, but he loves the Johnny Depp version. Chocolate and a good book go together like .... well, just look at the Galaxy Book Awards in the UK.

When we lived in Valencia, a local treat was proper hot chocolate at a Chocolateria - the kind you can stand your spoon up in. I was never interested in the churros fritters, just that gorgeous dark cup of bitter chocolate. Now, I'm a darker the better girl - quality not quantity - how about you? Enjoy your trip to Chocolate Reality, where we talk about blogging vs novel writing. We're off to the sweetie shop ...