February In Season

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Flavor: Chocolate

Chloé Doutre-Roussel, author of the new book The Chocolate Connoisseur, explains the difference between candy and chocolate, what "real" chocolate is, and how to enjoy chocolate with all your sense.

Holiday: Pancake Day

A different way to celebrate Mardi Gras with a Medieval English twist. Cook up some Shrove Tuesday Pancakes and check out these readings for the party: John Skelton's alehouse poem "The Tunning of Elinour Rumming"; chapter one from Gargantua and Pantagruel which is dedicated to "High and mighty guzzlers!" and any bawdy limericks can you can dream up.

Music Credits

interludes: composed by Daniel Foster