I’m very happy to announce that my second blog here at b5 has officially launched on the Home and Dining channel! The Food Bowl is all about pets – cats and dogs, hamsters and rats and everything in between!
Now, I’ll make this chocolate related by telling you this: Do not mix chocolate and pets. There!
Also! Jennifer from Offbeat Homes also launched a new blog this weekend: Treehugging Family. Make sure you check her out as well!

Not too long ago the very generous Jennifer (jenerous? Sorry, too much BB8) over at Offbeat Homes sent me a document about chocolate that she had created for a class. I gleaned a few tidbits and present you with bits and pieces of chocolate history:

- The botanical name for the cacao tree is “Theobroma Cacao” which means “the food of the Gods”. Cacao trees have also been discovered in Asia, Africa, and the South Pacific.
- Inside of the green pods are purple seeds surrounded by white cushiony pulp. Chocolate is made from the purple seeds, more commonly known as …read more