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Essence of Calvin in chocolate
by Scott Gilbreath ~ November 6th, 2008
Celebrations marking the 500th anniversary of the birth of the great Protestant reformer John Calvin have begun in Geneva, and will last throughout 2009. For his contribution to Calvin09, master Swiss chocolatier Blaise Poyet (at right) has created a unique chocolate representing the Reformer’s thought.
Swiss chocolatier Blaise Poyet believes he has captured the essence of the Protestant reformer Jean Calvin in special chocolate pralines he created to mark the 500th anniversary of the religious figure who made his mark on European history.
“It’s not easy to represent theological ideas by using the taste buds,” acknowledges Poyet, a master chocolatier from Maison Poyet in Vevey, 80 kilometres (50 miles) from Geneva, where the French-born reformer lived and worked. “But the key thing for Calvin is the glory of God, his excellence, his perfection. So we chose a chocolate that we chocolatiers find exceptional, rare and flawless.”
The chocolates were unveiled in Geneva on 2 November after a ceremony to launch a year called “calvin09″ to mark the 500th anniversary in 2009 of Calvin’s birth, along with other products and events intended to capture the life and spirit of Calvin.
The chocolates can be purchased through the official Calvin09 shop, where 150 g of M Poyet’s creation is on offer for 21.50 Swiss francs.
Gotta love the slogan of the Calvin09 online shop: “Calvin could not be bought, but these products can”.
h/t: Faith Central
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November 6th, 2008 at 05:30 PM
Sooo you’re saying this is a “limited” time offer to “unconditionally” “persevere” in secure(ing) for ones self, this new ‘heretical’ chocolate that is purported to be “totally” “irresistible”? If you had posted this a couple days ago it could have debuted during the “election”. But I guess you didn’t have the “freedom” to do that… In ‘essence’ this is neither a catholic or orthodox option for the faithful, but an irregular even bitter ahhh, chocolate