A Belgian company which makes some of the best chocolate available, sadly now in the grip of evil giant Kraft Foods. Long a European favourite, in the last few years Côte D'or products with their distinctive trumpeting elephant logo have become available in many places around the world, including Australia, SE Asia and the USA (however following the Kraft takeover many US products were surprisingly discontinued).

The Noir de Noir is probably the most well known of Côte d'Or's products, with 70% cocoa one of the richest. My personal favourite is the dark or milk chocolate with hazelnuts. Chocaholics who have not yet discovered Côte D'or have not reached the highest stage of addiciton.

It's always a nice suprise if whilst in Europe one stays at a hotel which puts this brand of welcome chocolate on the pillows. As far as I can recall, this is quite common. If however you are desirous of purchasing some, never fear - it's not too expensive for what you are getting.

Côte d'or means both Gold Coast and Gold Hill in French and was the name given to parts of West Africa where the cocoa bean was and is grown.

The companiy's website can be found at http://www.cotedor.be/ - however at the time of writing it is undergoing "renovations".

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Also the name of département no. 21, located in the north-east corner of Bourgogne, France. The major city is Dijon, which is famous for its mustard. Also grown in the area are grapes, mainly for wine.