Chocolat (2000)

I saw the movie Chocolat the other night. The movie was based on the novel of the same name by Joanne Harris and directed by Lasse Hallström. Having never read the book, (I do plan on reading it now) I found the movie to be quite enjoyable...

I wasn't bothered by whether the movie seemed realistic or not, or whether it kept true to the book, which I now know it didn't. What movie ever truly does? For a few hours I was taken someplace that let me forget about my daily grind and let my imagination soar. Of course now my head is filled with fantasies of one day owning a Chocolatier/ Pâtisserie/ Boulangerie in a small town. I choose all three for my shop because I like baking breads and pastries too. Ohhhh! to spend my days making Artisan chocolates, pastry and bread, in a medieval town in France not caring if I'm making enough to pay the bills, wearing cute little outfits and never having a bad hair day. I'd have a little cafe counter and I'd serve fresh- roasted to order coffee, rich dark hot chocolate sprinkled with chile spices and serve handmade pastry. I'd listen to the gossiping locals who stopped in to say hello and buy my goods while I hand rolled little truffles NEVER ONCE getting chocolate on myself or in my mouth. Yes I like that idea indeed. I'll have to learn French.

An observation after watching the movie:

I love the idea of a warm chocolate drink enhanced with chili spices. To me it sounds so wonderful, thick dark rich cocoa- sweet, spicey and fragrant, what could be better? I found some recipes that look very interesting although they don't use the chile spices I would add them if I made the drinks. Mole is something I have not yet tried to make, perhaps it's time has come. I'm going to see if I can find the book she talks about, it sounds like it would make quite an interesting read.

Written by Deb on March 8, 2003 12:07 AM