12023-07-19T17:02:49+00:00Rosie Abraham2a093479b34581dd3e51723cbd505a74ce038215114plain2023-07-20T20:41:34+00:00Rosie Abraham2a093479b34581dd3e51723cbd505a74ce038215Following Spain and Italy, France was early in the European adoption of chocolate into their culture. With little to no hesitation, the French loved chocolate, and it quickly became a popular delicacy. In a few instances throughout our data collection, we noticed French artwork depicting chocolate as a tool for socializing. For example, the hectic scene of "Operating a Fools Stone" shows a man serving chocolate in the back of the tavern-like establishment full of rowdy guests letting loose. Was the stimulating substance chocolate to blame for their behavior? In another depiction of chocolate, "Un Cavalier, Et une Dame Beuvant du Chocolate",
1media/995340017_thumb.jpg2023-07-17T18:58:12+00:00Rosie Abraham2a093479b34581dd3e51723cbd505a74ce038215Operating the Fools Stone2media/995340017.jpgplain2023-07-19T03:30:53+00:00Early 17th centuryPieter Brueghel IIFranceNoncommercialRosie Abraham2a093479b34581dd3e51723cbd505a74ce038215
1media/10974007-600x1191_thumb.jpg2023-07-17T19:14:47+00:00Rosie Abraham2a093479b34581dd3e51723cbd505a74ce038215Native American and Chocolate2media/10974007-600x1191.jpgplain2023-07-19T03:28:58+00:001685Jean Girin and Barthelemy RiviereFranceNoncommercialRosie Abraham2a093479b34581dd3e51723cbd505a74ce038215
1media/pasted image 0 (4)_thumb.png2023-07-17T18:49:49+00:00Rosie Abraham2a093479b34581dd3e51723cbd505a74ce038215Un Cavalier, Et une Dame beuvant du Chocolat2media/pasted image 0 (4).pngplain2023-07-19T03:54:12+00:001690-1710Robert BonnartFranceNoncommercialRosie Abraham2a093479b34581dd3e51723cbd505a74ce038215
1media/2338368993_thumb.jpg2023-07-19T04:03:58+00:00Rosie Abraham2a093479b34581dd3e51723cbd505a74ce038215Menu du Gras et ustensil de cuisine2media/2338368993.jpgplain2023-07-19T04:04:57+00:001731Jean-Siméon ChardinFranceNoncommercialRosie Abraham2a093479b34581dd3e51723cbd505a74ce038215
1media/black-slaves-seated-outside-their-house-in-martinique_thumb.jpg2023-07-17T19:13:47+00:00Rosie Abraham2a093479b34581dd3e51723cbd505a74ce038215Black Slaves Seated Outside their House in Martinique2media/black-slaves-seated-outside-their-house-in-martinique.jpgplain2023-07-18T19:27:24+00:001775Pierre Le MazurierFranceNoncommercialRosie Abraham2a093479b34581dd3e51723cbd505a74ce038215
1media/main-image_thumb.jpeg2023-07-19T04:07:11+00:00Rosie Abraham2a093479b34581dd3e51723cbd505a74ce038215"Tray"2media/main-image.jpegplain2023-07-19T04:09:53+00:001836Pierre Riton and Jean Charles DevellyFrancePublic domainRosie Abraham2a093479b34581dd3e51723cbd505a74ce038215
1media/pasted image 0 (4)_thumb.png2023-07-17T18:49:49+00:00Un Cavalier, Et une Dame beuvant du Chocolat2media/pasted image 0 (4).pngplain2023-07-19T03:54:12+00:001690-1710Robert BonnartFranceNoncommercial
1media/995340017_thumb.jpg2023-07-17T18:58:12+00:00Operating the Fools Stone2media/995340017.jpgplain2023-07-19T03:30:53+00:00Early 17th centuryPieter Brueghel IIFranceNoncommercial