Chocolate makers show off Syria’s sweeter side
FEATURE |
DAMASCUS — Belgium and Switzerland may be the current kings of chocolate, but Syrian confectioners believe another country deserves to be up there too, and already they are feeding an international sweet tooth.
Syria’s traditional Arabic sweets are loved across the Middle East, and its people are famed for their culinary skills, with a rich cuisine built on the abundant produce of Damascus’ fertile green belt, the Ghouta.
But few realize it also makes first-class chocolate, with an export industry that is booming as the Syrian economy opens up to the world.
Despite long having had a reputation as the bad boy of Middle East politics, Syria is slowly emerging from international isolation. And among those taking the lead are Syrian confectioners.
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100419com3.html
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