53738 Tue Apr 08 01:36:09 -0700 2003 2 2 Los Angeles Area 0 276283 Anyone been to the "Chocolate Thang" at the Natural History Museum? Some times they have some good exhibits there, and it ends soon...May 11th. Tue Apr 08 01:36:09 -0700 2003 0 Colin 1 276292 No, but I here the gift shop is supposed to be good. Tue Apr 08 12:05:43 -0700 2003 276283 0 JudiAU 1 276316 Dear Colin, I saw this exhibition in Chicago at the Field Museum. It was OK, light and frothy (like a mochacino?) without a lot of chowhound-worthy content. Good for the kids I suppose, the agricultural and historical sections are edifying. If I were to go, I would head to Gualaguetza afterward for some mole negro. At the Field the chocolate exhibit suffered by comparison with an excellent exhibition on pearls, which if one believes Pliny the Elder were dissolved in vinegar and downed by Cleopatra. Happy eating, Low End Theory Tue Apr 08 19:45:40 -0700 2003 276283 0 Low End Theory