By Laura Everage

If you’re anything like me, you’re stuck in a rut, re-working the same 15 or so recipes in the kitchen. They’re the ones I’m most comfortable with (at this time), and more importantly, the ones my family (i.e. the kids) will be most likely to eat without too much complaining.

I know that as time passes, this list of recipes will morph into another one, and the old recipes get shoved in a drawer, just like a child tosses aside a once-favored toy. 

Today, I unearthed an old favorite that inadvertently got tossed aside and forgotten for several years.

Here is how it happened . . .

With the Valentine’s Day holiday slowly creeping up on me, I got to thinking about what I could make on this occasion. I quickly thought of a topic – chocolate – and decided re-read the history of this food of the Gods. In the process, I was reminded that chocolate’s history in Spain is long.