Ann Parker here, Monday's child on the Lady Killers. Valentine's Day approacheth, so I'm sending you to a nifty site The Scrap Album, where you can (should you choose) view Victorian valentines of the lacy and comic varieties. (Heads up: Many of the "comic" valentines are not very PC by today's standards, so consider yourself warned.)
As for chocolates, according to the Food Timeline,
Cadbury marketed the first box of chocolate candies in 1868, but stakes
no claim to tying chocolate to Valentine's Day (Cadbury = England).
Meanwhile, in 1849, Ghirardelli landed in San
Francisco, and—being the astute businessman he apparently was—first sold tents to the miners and then settled into chocolate-making business. In 1868, Etienne Guittard arrived in San Francisco and gave Ghirardelli a little competition by starting his own chocolate business. Find out more about the history of chocolate on this chocolate timeline.
And what does YOUR heart desire for Valentine's Day?
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