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By JANET K. KEELER
Published February 4, 2005
Photo illustration: Patty Yablonski
Chocolate from around the world
1. Stark and Simka, Serbia 2. Valor, Spain 3. Toblerone, Switzerland 4. Milka, Germany 5. Elite, Israel 6. Kras, Croatia 7. Scharffen Berger, USA 8. Cote d’Or, Belgium 9. Jet, Colombia 10. Baci, Italy 11. Stark, Serbia |
With Valentine's Day approaching, many of us have one thing on our minds: chocolate. Okay, it's on our minds most of the time.
Whitman, Russell Stover, our friend Godiva and even Hershey are acceptable gifts for the lovers' holiday, but there is so much more out there.
The world is full of yummy chocolate, some locally made by Tampa Bay-area chainlet Schakolad and Chocolates by Michelle in Port Richey. Others are packaged farther afield.
Stops at area ethnic markets and big chains turned up bars that would be welcome by any lover, greeting-card holiday or not.
At Mazarro's Italian market (2909 22nd Ave. N, St. Petersburg; (727) 321-2400) we found chocolate from Italy, Spain and Belgium. At a Publix we bought Switzerland's Toblerone nougat and Germany's Milka espresso bar. (Target has German Stork and European Lindt.)
Castellano & Pisso (4200 S Henderson Blvd., Tampa; (813) 289-5275) is one of many places that carries Scharffen Berger, a top-notch U.S. chocolate made in Berkeley, Calif. Mexico Lindo (6050 Park Blvd., Pinellas Park; (727) 548-8721) has an array of Hispanic chocolates, including Jet bars from Colombia.
We found Elite milk chocolate from Israel at Jo El's Kosher Foods (2619 23rd Ave. N, St. Petersburg; (727) 321-3847) and the Bosnia Food Store (6508 Fourth St. N, St. Petersburg; (727) 526-3292) was a chocolate gold mine. Kras, Simka and Stark chocolates, all made in countries of the former Yugoslavia, are there. Most bars were less than $5.
When it comes to chocolate, we speak the international language of love. We'll take one of each.
- Janet K. Keeler krieta@tampabay.com
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