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The Right Escape Kit Gift for Her?
Plot Summary:
Chocolat is based on the novel by Joanne Harris and tells the romantic story of a French woman and her daughter who shake up a small village by opening a chocolate shop before Lent. Johnny Depp plays her guitar-strumming gypsy love interest in this tale of magical realism.
She'll get to experience:
Lansquenet-sous-Tannes, a fictional village in France
Great for:
Chocolate lovers
Francophiles
Johnny Depp and Juliette Binoche fans
Suggested Gift Kit Contents
Gifts:
Chocolat DVD or Book
Chocolat soundtrack or music by jazz guitarist Django Reinhart
Chocolate or chocolate molds to make artisan chocolate - Chuao chocolate makes incredible gourmet spicy chocolate just like the movie
Chocolate recipe or baked good with recipe (see below)
Vintage poster of French chocolate advertisements
Chocolate flavored or scented beauty products like lip gloss, candles, or body scrub
Wrapping suggestions:
Create the feeling of rural France and chocolate with the wrapping paper:
Chocolate brown paper with brown and white ribbon
French themed paper - French provencial, or French cafe art prints such as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec or Monet
Recycle an empty gourmet chocolate box and wrap the gift with it
This Escape Kit Gift is dedicated to my good friend Daria, who is required by California state law to never be more that 5 feet from dark and/or milk chocolate in solid, liquid, or gaseous form. From: Birdie