Le chocolat chaud de Madame de Sévigné

This event will be presented by Katherine Khodorowsky, food historian and sociologist, vice-president of the association des Bibliothèques gourmandes and outgoing president of the Académie Française du Chocolat et de la Confiserie.

During the evening, we will follow the story of chocolate step by step: this Aztec spice went on to delight Europe, reaching the château de Versailles, where Louis XIV reigned.

A witness to this epic journey, the Marquise de Sévigné wrote to her daughter about this novelty with humour and conviction. Through readings of excerpts from her letters, we will discover the role of hot chocolate, which was much more than a treat…

After the readings, the spiced recipe that delighted the Court of Versailles in the seventeenth century will be prepared live, and you will be invited to taste it!