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Jenine Yanov, a confessed chocolate addict, and her daughters Julie
(left) and Jill buy their weekly fix at Euphoria Chocolates.
Chocolate week kicks off finals
By Martina Jofte
KmeraW ConintxriO'
Montezuma drank it hy the flagon C asanova
was convinced tt hiilpod his love lift? Soiiw ps\
chologists find it helps tho depressed and love
sick
It's ( hot olate Its si inntifu nnmo moans "food
of tho gods
For those who haven't indulged re< ently. you
now have an ext use National Chocolate Week
takes place during finals, from Mon h H through
20
For those of vou who didn't realize this, you're
not alone
"1 didn't know it, but 1 do now said Maria Nel
son. the retail manager of Euphoria Chocolate
However. Nelson did mention she would he
kicking off their St f’atrii k's Day < hot olate that
week, featuring 111 Irish t uffee truffle
Hut where did the i lux olate t ra/e Ix-gin'
Montezuma starter! the chocolate fren/v with his
frothy red concur tion of hot t lux olate made from
red i hilis, vanilla and honey, made to resemble
blood.
Although Cortes and his invading Spanish sol
diers did not like Montezuma s hot < lux olate. lliex
took some of the beans hai k to Europe
Inventive European monks took the chili pep
pers out of the chocolate and added sugar and
vanilla, i mating the New World taste
The love of chocolate spread from the Spanish
court and monasteries to publit < hot olate hous
es, which began to spring up all over Europe in the
17th century
The chocolate house was the plat e to be seen,
usjieciaily in England. Courtiers would meet over
bowls of i hocolate. planning their cabals id upper
class intrigue, the seduction of a lover or the rum
of someone's reputation
Since that time, chocolate and naughtiness have
tx-en linked in Western const iousness
Yet science and the study of brain chemistry has
made us more tolerant of our transgressions Sci
entists are ospe< iallv interested in unlocking
i hot date's mystery
One study indicates that women who suffer
from pro-menstrual syndrome crave chocolate.
Another study of college undergraduates shows
that students with atypical depression crave
ehix olate - • - - -
Alkaloids in i Inn olate bring on the release ol
minute amounts of serotonin ami epinephrine
(aiming brain < hem itals triggered during psyt ho
logicul and phytilal Stress
Other resenri hers have found that one ol the
hrain chemicals of romantic love, phcnvlcthv
I,inline, is found in i lux olate
Is this why so many lovers exi Itnnge dux dates
on Valentin®'* Da\ ’
The idea of • hoi olate as an aphrodisiac is not
new Casanova drank st daily ami gave it to the
ladies.
Vet an MIT researr her m brain and i ogndive si i
elites )mi11fi Wurtman. s.,vs there pist aren't
enough chemii .tl suhstam es in i lux olate to make
a differwm e
She said people i rave < hoi olate liei nose it I.isles
good and has pleasant assoi mtions \nd hei ause
chocolate is a i arholtydrate and contains then
bromine, a mild i uffoine. it prodiu es 1 almness and
energy at the same time
I or whatever reason, people love t hoi olate .is
e\ idem od by an ini rease in worldwide i nnsiimp
turn Hie av erage Amerii an eats III pounds ol the
stutl per year, the Sw iss eat _’(l
I anted States agru nltiirul imports and exports ol
i hocolate have ini reused from ~r>2 metrii tons in
IMHO In 7 11. metric tons in 1‘t‘Wl
Mil belle I'urkv a pre law student .it the t imer
sity. loves i hex olate
Parks said she likes to eat chot olate w hen she is
stressed out. which is pretty mm h all ol the time
Koberto I’elayo. an Italian and Spanish maior,
teaches aerobics six times a week at the I inverse
tv One day in aerobics class, lie jokingly
annoum od, as though he were at an All oholii s
Anony muus meeting, that he was a "i hoi oholii
Pelayo said lie has been to i hoi olate parties at
whit h everyone brought their favorite choi olate
dessert to share I’elayo mostly enjoys chocolate
after a fine meal liecauso of its i ompatihility with
wines
COMMUNITY UPDATE
Springfield gets snapshot’
A new business survey is under wnv in
Springfield to lenrn about the « oncems
and problems facing the < dv's businesses
Conducted by the city's development
servu.es department, in cooperation with
Community Kconomic Stabilization, tin*
survev is the fourth of its kind tile ( itv
has done in rtx ent years
Surveys were sent to more than 1.4011
businesses and are due liack to the i itv by
March 22. Tabulation and analysis w ill
be completed in April.
"The survey’s results will provide us
with a snapshot of the local economy,"
said Susan Daludding. the city 's develop
ment services director, in a press release
We'll learn whether Jobs are being creat
uri or lost, the top fa< tors that most < on
c.ern business owners in operating their
businesses successfully and the percent
age of businesses expecting to expand.
"We'll also find out the lex ations under
consideration for expansion and those
business owners who might Ik- interested
in serving as ambassador* to new busi
nesses wonting to locate in Springfield,
she said
Weekend microbrew festival
The Third Annual Microbrew Festival,
featuring 15 West Coast breweries, is
scheduled for Saturday from noon to 8
pin. at the Valley River Inn.
The festival, sponsored as a fund-raiser
by the Easter Seals Society of Oregon.
will include Full Soil Ah*. Widner
Mi Menunnns. Bridgeport. !<••<! Hook, and
many others All beverages will fie avail
able in tastes for f>0 units and SI. and full
glasses will be available Food from
sine ks to full meals will also U- for sale
Muse will lie provided ill day bv the
17th Avenue l.anyae.ht Club and )nzz
Hand.
Admission is $7. and attendees must
more than 2\ years of age
Marketplace meeting set
The organizers Saturday Market and
Lane County Farmers' Market want to
meet interested citizens fora community
conversation.
"Marketplace on the Mall — I'he
Vision of .1 Spirited Downtown and .1
Now Downtown Weekday Marketplace,
is set for Mari h Iri at 7 p.m in Harris Mall
at tin- l.unt> County Courthouse
The mooting will 1 no I u (in a panol pro
s.mtation. ininimmt from commnnitv
memliers and small group workshops
Putin I members will include l.ano
(iounty CommisMonnr Jorry Kust. Market
founder Lotto Stroisingor. Saturday Mar
knt Manager Hill (.midsmith. Farmers
Market Manager David Amoroso and
Kuss Hrink ol Downtown Kugeno, lot
Among the topics of couvorsation will
lie the development of an outdoor week
day marketplace on the mall, something
m vvhii h the Farmers' Market and .Satur
day Market hoards ol dine tors have
expressed an interest
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