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...ancient people of the Yucatán Peninsula were the first to crush cacao into what was later known as xocolatl--what Rosenberg calls the champagne of the Maya and Aztecs--a frothy beverage reserved for the élite and for special occasions. The Spanish took chocolate back to Europe in the 16th century, discovering the pristine and aromatic criollo bean in Venezuela along the way. Until the 19th century, Venezuela produced solely criollo cacao, which satisfied more than half the world's demand for chocolate. But when an infestation came close to wiping out all the cacao in neighboring Trinidad...
Shangri-Spa. At Peninsula Hotel, a couple can book the private spa suite for a 4-hour treatment that includes a private yoga class. You're greeted with a tea ceremony and ginger foot scrub, then move onto a rose petal bath in the double soaking tub, side-by-side massages, a private steam room and champagne, fresh fruit and Jacques Torres chocolate. $1,425 for the package. 700 Fifth Ave at 55th...
...hovers between 15 and 18,000 feet. "The whole cockpit fills with an acrid smell," says Horwood, who started noticing the cloud in 1997. "Each year it just gets worse and worse." What comprises this nuisance - a sprawling high-altitude mass of air pollution that stretches from the Arabian peninsula to the western Pacific Ocean - has long captured the curiosity of scientists. A report released in the Jan. 23 issue of Science breathes fresh air into that ongoing study, confirming that the mass, nicknamed the 'Brown Cloud' but comprised of several small, local clouds, is soot from human burning...
...hugging, bird-spotting visits to the Mai Po Marshes, no afternoons in the loft studios of Fo Tan artists and an embargo on sipping ristrettos in Elgin Street bars. Instead, Noble House Hong Kong is all about the old-school icons: go to Victoria Peak, have tea at the Peninsula hotel, get invited to someone's box at the Happy Valley races. Loaf around the lobby of Jardine House, which appears in the series as Struan & Co.'s headquarters. Partake of shark-fin banquets and black-tie suppers of foie gras and lobster. Travel only by limousine, yacht and helicopter...
While South Korean officials are quick to boast about the country's Internet prowess, they are also increasingly on edge about the downside of online banter, specifically online rumor mongering, which they fear is getting out of hand on the peninsula and only last year drove a South Korean celebrity to commit suicide. The Internet also helped to draw tens of thousands of citizens onto the streets of Seoul during last summer's anti-U.S. beef and Free Trade Agreement protests...