http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/hershey_highway As David Schmader notes in this week's Back to School primer on drugs, "college is when you're practically required to try them." So tonight Science on Tap kicks off preseason drug education – two days before classes – with the substance that hooked us first: chocolate. (Only later did we realize Hershey bars taste like crap.) "Botany of Chocolate," presented by Alfredo Gomez-Beloz of the University of Washington's Department of Epidemiology, will presumably touch on humans’ role in the evolution of cacao and its molecular treasures—caffeine, theobromine, and theophylline. There are even rumors of samples. Science on Tap, which strives... Copyright 2008 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:32:54 -0800 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:14:18 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss I might have to walk over to Neuhaus now. THANKS!

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/hershey_highway#c810048 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/hershey_highway#c810048 Drugs Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:14:28 -0800 It's Hershey's Special Dark that blows. Well, then again, so do Mr. Good Bar and Krackel.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/hershey_highway#c810172 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/hershey_highway#c810172 Drugs Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:16:29 -0800 Just went to this event. Thanks for posting it, got to discover a nice little pub that I never would have noticed otherwise. The talk was brief, but well-prepared and nicely presented. The place was JAMMED. Beaucoup samples, as promised. I even learned a factoid or two. This pub runs this science-cafe event monthly, see the link in Domenic's posting. They should consider going to twice-monthly.

]]> Better Late than Choco http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/hershey_highway#c810381 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/hershey_highway#c810381 Drugs Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:39:06 -0800 Oh yeah, Hershey's ANYTHING sucks. Go for Lindt (available in most supermarkets) 70% or 85% Cocoa content. You won't be sorry.

]]> Better Late than Choco http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/hershey_highway#c810383 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/hershey_highway#c810383 Drugs Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:41:34 -0800 BLtC - Indeed. The white wrapper is enough to get the glands a-waterin.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/hershey_highway#c810480 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/hershey_highway#c810480 Drugs Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:01:34 -0800 I call it Hershey's Milk Chalkolate.

]]> NaFun http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/hershey_highway#c810593 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/hershey_highway#c810593 Drugs Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:14:18 -0800