Shopping for Valentines: The Kama Sutra, One Bite at a Time
Posted on February 14, 2007
It is a mashup of Animal Crackers, Cracker Jacks, Willie Wonka and, uh, sex.
What ever happened to the idea of fun candy? As a kid I used to sit around with my pals biting the heads off of giraffes and the butts off hippos, giggling self-indulgently at my cleverness. Likewise with Cracker Jacks: one always opened the box from the bottom as that where the tschotske was buried. I knew it was a plastic whistle or something similarly lame, but the adventure was in the discovery. Imagine my delight when a friend brought my wife and me a Kama-Cao chocolate bar from Galleries Lafayette in Paris.
Kama-Cao is a treat in the tradition of my childhood favorites, an X-rated one. In fact you have to be over 18 years of age to buy this adult confection (which probably means that every 12 year old in Paris bought one for his playground sweetie). Kama-Cao, by chocolatier Francis Miot, features bite-sized squares of dark chocolate embossed with positions of the Kama Sutra. Every bite is a wonder. (“I wonder how they do that.”) And, like Cracker Jacks, there is a surprise inside. Hidden in one piece is a porcelain replica of one of the poses (there is a warning on the label: “Attention de ne pas vous casser une dent en croquant.” Hey kids: be the first in your neighborhood to collect them all!
Happy Valentines Day.
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