The first "eating chocolate" appeared in London coffee houses in 1674.
Chocolate is the world's third largest export crop after sugar & coffee.
French painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec is credited with inventing chocolate mousse.
The average Brit eats 30 lbs. of chocolate a year ... three times more than the average American.
Locations visited in this episode: Georgia Botanical Gardens (possibly Atlanta Botanical Garden) Scharffen Berger Chocolate, Berkeley, CA
This episode is included in the Super Sweets (Volume 1) DVD.
Alton: You gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em. This is a line from Kenny Rogers' 1978 country hit, "The Gambler." The line originally referred to cards in poker games.
The Art of Darkness The episode title is a play on "Heart of Darkness" a famous novel by Joseph Conrad, the basic story of which found its way onto the silver screen as Apocalypse Now. In the title, "darkness" refers to chocolate, and "art" to the many things that can be done with it.
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Aired 4/25/11
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Aired 4/25/11
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Aired 4/18/11
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Aired 4/11/11 (21:00)
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