Last year, an Italian survey conducted by the Catholic University in Campobasso found that 6.7 grams of dark chocolate per day (about half a bar per week) was the ideal amount for a protective effect against inflammation and subsequent cardiovascular disease. As if I needed another reason to eat dark chocolate.
So with Valentine’s Day just around the corner, I decided to finally bite the bullet and create that dark-chocolate-tasting party I have been threatening to host for years. To assist me in my quest to find the best dark chocolate choices for Valentine’s Day, I enlisted 15 of my chocolate-chowhound friends to sample 42 brands of high-end dark chocolate generously contributed by chocolate companies far and wide. Read the rest of this article on at my featured column on the Huffington Post.
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