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Review by Y. Maffei for Chocolate is Healthy!: Myths, Truths and Delicious Recipes
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I learned so much from Annmarie Kostyk’s book, Chocolate is Healthy and the Chocolate Tasting class she conducted with this book as part of the class. I never knew that white chocolate really isn’t chocolate at all or that dark chocolate is so beneficial to a woman’s health. I’ll keep this book by my side as a reference, as a cookbook (great recipes inside) and as a treasure full of information I can use to share with my family and friends to prove how healthy real chocolate really is.

Review by Marianne Krivan for Chocolate is Healthy!: Myths, Truths and Delicious Recipes
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My favorite part of this well researched book on dark chocolate is the recipe section. Now that fall is just around the corner I suggest you try making the Mayan Hot Chocolate. Something I have learned through the book is that there is a difference between hot cocoa and hot chocolate.Hot cocoa is made from cocoa powder, the dried form of cocoa solids, which are the nonfat components of chocolate separated from the fatty compounds, cocoa butter. Hot chocolate, in contrast, is made from whole chocolate–both the cocoa solids and the cocoa butter. If you have never enjoyed real hot chocolate, the difference is profound: A rich, thick, decadent drink. Think melted high-quality chocolate bars in a cup. Treat yourself to this book and enjoy all the great recipes!!

Review by Annmarie Kostyk for Chocolate is Healthy!: Myths, Truths and Delicious Recipes
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Annmarie Kostyk loves chocolate

Many of us have all heeded the call to avoid enjoying all things which are, at all, well…enjoyable. However Annmarie Kostyk has some great news that some people have known all along; chocolate, specifically dark chocolate, is actually good for you! You know those tales we all hear

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growing up from our alcoholic uncle that a glass of wine a day is good for you? Well in her new book, “Chocolate is Healthy: Myths, Truths, and Delicious Recipes,” Annmarie Kostyk reinforces all that’s true, shoots down all that’s false, and gives ringing credence to the call to get out and enjoy some chocolate already!

In her engaging, page-turner, Annmarie Kostyk has come to set the record straight. She does so with a comfortable conversational gabble which will leave your sensory taste buds craving some serious Cadbury and Hershey toot-sweet! However the author does not try to sell you a sham either; Ms. Kostyk quickly alerts all present that excess is bad, restraint is good, and anything can have a negative effect on your physical, mental, and dental health. However Ms. Kostyk also does allow that she has a serving of chocolate virtually every day which should give hope to some who read this article trying to crack the code: chocolate=healthy.

There are reams of information in “Chocolate is Healthy” which fact-hounds will find interesting. To the overpopulation-conspiracy-theorists who believe that the world’s supplies of rations will be drawn down to zero in due time, Ms. Kostyk relays that “more plantation owners and chocolatiers that own plantations are trying to grow more Trinitario and Criollo hybrids to create more flavorful chocolate.” Perhaps one day there will be a dark chocolate for everyone! Even the individual who craves the silky lustfulness of milk chocolate may one day find solace in these dark chocolate hybrids.

Ms. Kostyk is also on rumor control. She quickly dispels myths about dental issues stating that “dark chocolate does not cause acne; tooth decay or cavities. In fact studies have shown that dark chocolate actually helps the teeth!”

For your hyperactive child who can’t get enough sweets, Ms. Kostyk even hints at serving them some dark chocolate! “Chocolate is Healthy” contends that not only will the taste shift occur early and mature accordingly, leading to healthier life later on, but also “Chocolate does not have

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large amounts of caffeine…(is) not addictive…(does) not cause hyperactivity…(and) chocolate does not make you fat!” All these facts should put many at ease and make mom feel better about suckling junior on the dark chocolate bottle.

“Dark chocolates are an antioxidant powerhouse that is actually good for you,” in some circles called “the perfect food,” Annmarie Kostyk’s “Chocolate is Healthy” is a real boon to any who crave sweets but don’t want to suffer the repercussions. Make sure to study the back of the book; there are a number of recipes and other concoctions which should further bring everyone in under the dark chocolate tent. In an ideal world it would have already happened, Annmarie Kostyk strives to alert the world so that one day everyone may realize that “Chocolate is Healthy!”

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Review by David Grotto for Chocolate is Healthy!: Myths, Truths and Delicious Recipes
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Chocoalte IS healthy and the author got that fact RIGHT. Good for you, Annemarie Kostyk, for sharing this great guide that is full of delicious chocolate facts with the ultimate payoff of fantastic recipes. My tongue, tummy and entire body thank you for this great resource.

Review by Steve P. Krivan for Chocolate is Healthy!: Myths, Truths and Delicious Recipes
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A well researched book on the health benefits of DARK chocolate with comparisons to milk chocolate. Included are interesting stories surrounding the history of chocolate and how it came to be, as well as, the cacao producing countries and related information; easy reading and great recipes.