Fern Creek Food Lit Class Blog
A Study of Chocolate:
2/10--2/12 Chocolate Company Websites:
Mars Inc.: http://www.mms.com/
Cadbury: http://www.cadbury.co.uk/
Ferrero: http://ferrerorocherusa.com/
Hershey: http://www.hersheys.com/
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG: http://www.lindtusa.com/
Old Kentucky Chocolates: http://www.oldkycandy.com/
Rebecca Hunt: http://www.ruthhuntcandy.com/defaultt.html
The Chocolate Factory: http://www.chocolatefactoryky.com/
Rebecca Ruth: http://www.rebeccaruth.com/
Cellar Door: http://cellardoorchocolate.com/
2/10--2/12 Chocolate Company Articles
Articles:
Cadbury Workers Get a Sweet Deal: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/cadbury-workers-get-sweeter-deal-than-spc-counterparts-20140207-327ee.html
"Town Sees Nothing Sweet in Chocolate Plant Closing:" http://articles.latimes.com/2007/may/31/local/me-hersheys31
"Chocolate Factory, Trade War Victim": http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/30/business/international/ukrainian-chocolates-caught-in-trade-war-between-europe-and-russia.html
"Original Hershey's Plant Set to Close" http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130079220
"Why Snickers is Poised to Rule the Candy World" http://www.marketplace.org/topics/business/why-snickers-poised-rule-candy-world
"M&M/Mars A Pretty Sweet Place to Work" http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2013/01/17/best-companies-mars/
The Hershey Rewards Overview:
https://www.thehersheycompany.com/assets/pdfs/hersheycompany/Working_at_Hershey_Benefits_Brochure.pdf
"The Life of a Micro-Chocolatier":
http://www.durangotelegraph.com/index.cfm/archives/20111/june-23-2011/the-life-of-a-micro-chocolatier/
"Chocolatier"
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/jobs/sns-jobs-cool-jobs-chocolatier,0,4350023.story
Videos
Hershey's Bittersweet Deal: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2010/11/08/n_hershey_company_town.cnnmoney/
Moonstruck Chocolate Factory Tour: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yBHdU_NuSI
A Visit to Patrick Roger Chocolate in Paris: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwKRIVdVlwM
Watch How Mars Makes M and M's: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVJTIz7Z3Ds
Chocolate Workers Local 464: http://www.chocolateworkerslocal464.com/CW_history.html
Totally Chocolate Application: http://www.totallychocolate.com/careers.aspx
From the Documentary "Semi-Sweet": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTS83MOosqY
"The Life of a Chocolatier: Florence's Chocolates": http://vimeo.com/54962809
"The Sweet Life: A Chocolatier's Journey from Banking to Bon Bons":
http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2012/02/03/sweet-life-chocolatier%E2%80%99s-journey-banking-bonbons
2/13--2/14 Reading Valentine's Day
2/14 Class Links for Food Lit Valentine's Day
"How to Write a Love Poem that Does't Suck" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/13/how-to-write-love-poems_n_1273504.html
Maybe a better link for reading the article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/13/how-to-write-love-poems_n_1273504.html?view=print&comm_ref=false
Poety Form Templates
Sonnet Form: https://thepoeticvegetablegarden.wordpress.com/article/how-to-write-a-shakespearean-sonnet-oyn3gsblqnhx-12/
Limerick Template: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson391/limericks.pdf
Haiku Template: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson1072/haiku_pattern.pdf
Examples:
"Sonnet 130" by William Shakespeare: http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/130.html
Sample Valentine's Limericks: http://www.limerick-and-limericks.org/valentines-limericks/
Sample Haiku: http://www.edu.pe.ca/stjean/playing%20with%20poetry/Hennessey/examplesofHaiku.htm
Other Links for Valentine's Day
The History of Valentine's Day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YguF1pcBWYI
Valentine's Day by the Numbers: http://www.history.com/topics/valentines-day/interactives/valentines-day-by-the-numbers
The Statistics of Valentine's Day: http://www.statisticbrain.com/valentines-day-statistics/
The Chemistry of Chocolate: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/02/the-poisonous-nature-of-chocolate/
"Chocolate's Chemical Charm" http://www.scienceinschool.org/2006/issue2/chocchemistry
Poem: "Chocolate" by Rita Dove http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/weekly-poem-chocolate/
11 Facts about chocolate: http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-chocolate
2/25 Chocolate Poetics--Links
VSO: Working to Support Cocoa Farmers in Ghana
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdbDluaDMVk
A Visit to a Cocoa Farm in Ghana
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAZemXHXyxY
Interview with a Ghanaian Cocoa Farmer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQqKOkG9mjY
History of Cocoa in Ghana
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ15kLPLVYY
Tackling Child Labor on Cocoa Farms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s9B76_oiSs
Ghana Homepage:
http://www.ghana.gov.gh/
Divine Poetry Competition Website
http://www.divinechocolate.com/uk/poetry
