Buying chocolates is a lot more complicated than it used to be. Here's how to impress a chocolate connoisseur without going broke, with advice from chocolate expert Clay Gordon, author of Discover Chocolate.

How to choose chocolates as a gift

All chocolate is not created equal. There is a great difference in quality between different chocolates, which is often reflected in the price (but not always). Chocolate expert Clay Gordon, author of Discover Chocolate helps us recognize quality when we see it (and taste it).

How to judge the quality of chocolate

You get a box of beautiful chocolates, but you can't eat them all at once. So how to store chocolate to maintain freshness? Here is advice from chocolate expert and author Clay Gordon.

How to store chocolate

If you're shopping for special chocolates, do get you stuck on terms like ganache, truffle, praline? Clay Gordon, chocolate expert and author of the new book Discover Chocolate, guides us through the basic Chocolate 101.

How to understand basic chocolate terms

Do you know when to swirl and when to sniff a glass  of wine? Did you know that wine has 'legs'? Learn all about wine tasting from professional wine expert Olivier Magny, who owns a wine tasting club in Paris.

How to properly taste wine

Hot chocolate lovers, here's the recipe for the best hot chocolate you'll ever taste, courtesy of world famous chocolatier Jacques Torres.  Jacques uses his own chocolate powder, but you'll get great results with any high-end chocolate if you follow his instructions.

How to make Jacques Torres hot chocolate

Professional chef, baker and author, Cricket Azima demonstrates an easy chocolate cookie recipe that is fast and delicious! This sugar coated Chocolate Snowball recipe is sure to be kid-approved!

How to make chocolate snowballs

If you want to make chocolate candies, you need to know how to properly melt and temper the chocolate.  Here, the world-renowned chocolate maker Jacques Torres shows how to melt and temper chocolate.

How to melt and temper chocolate

Looking to make a decadent dessert? Chef Tim Kirker of Bistrot Zinc in Chicago shows us how to make rich chocolate mousse.

How to make chocolate mousse

World-famous chocolatier Jacques Torres shares his easy recipe for chocolate lollipops. Try this with your kids. You'll all have fun, and you can give the lollipops as presents if you don't eat them first.

How to make chocolate lollipops

If chocolate were illegal, we'd happily go to jail for this moist, rich and dense, flourless chocolate cake. Ceci Carmichael, host of Good Food Fast with Family Circle on the Food Network shows you how to make this sinfully rich, dense, flourless chocolate dessert.

How to make flourless chocolate cake

This gorgeous chocolate pecan pie will be the perfect dessert to finish off any dinner with a flair. Lauren Chattman from Pillsbury shows how to make this extra special chocolate pecan pie.

How to make chocolate pecan pie

Calling all Willy Wonkas! Making chocolate candy figures is easier than you may think. World famous chocolatier Jacques Torres takes you through the steps for making a very tasty chocolate monkey. It's a fun project to do with the kids.

How to make hollow chocolate figures

Is there anything better than a chocolate-covered strawberry? Surprise your sweetheart with this classic treat! Food Channel chef Cari Martens shows you how.

How to make chocolate dipped strawberries

You've had Rice Krispie treats, of course, but you haven't lived until you've had Jacques Torres' chocolate covered corn flakes.  Here the master chocolatier demonstrates how to make this outrageously delicious but simple little treat--chocolate covered corn flakes.

How to make chocolate covered corn flakes

Sweet news--Dark chocolate and red wine can be good for your heart! But, alas, only in moderation. Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum, cardiologist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, explains how you can fight heart disease by eating dark chocolate and drinking red wine.

How to fight heart disease with dark chocolate and red wine

Looking for an elegant but simple alternative to pie? How about crostata, which is basically a pie that's made on a baking sheet, not a pie pan. We are loving this raspberry chocolate almond crostata, made by Former Pillsbury Bake-Off Finalist, Jenny Flake.

How to make raspberry chocolate almond crostata

Trailers that get HONEST about what you're really getting from the movie when you buy a ticket. This week is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!

Honest Trailers | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

A recipe with almonds, sea salt, chocolate and caramel in its name has to be delicious. Food Channel expert Cari Martens shares her recipe for a treat that will make you the hit of the holiday party.

How to make dark chocolate caramel almond candy

Fox's Marvel characters may not yet be full-fledged members of the MCU, but you can get a taste of the superhero awesomeness to come with this comic-powered take on Sunday's NFL matchup between the Houston Texans and the Indianapolis Colts that mashes up Deadpool and Thor.

A fully recovered Andrew Luck returns the Colts to lead them against Texans QB Deshaun Watson, who's aiming to pull out a victory with a series of scene-stealing offensive plays. He'll be helped by star defender JJ Watt, who will try to contain the Colts' explosive offense.

Who will emerge victorious? Well, Marvel fans for sure. But as for the game itself, you'll have to tune in Sunday at 1pm ET on CBS to find out.

Get a Taste of the Future With This Superhero Preview of the Texans-Colts Game

Want an assortment of cookies this holiday season without the extra hours in the kitchen? No problem! Professional chef Cricket Azima for the Betty Crocker kitchens suggests hosting a cookie exchange with your family and friends so you only have to bake one but end up with ton! She also demonstrates two fun holiday recipe ideasPeanut Butter Blossoms and Chocolate Snowball cookies.

How to make peanut butter kiss & chocolate snowball cookies

Just because you star in a horror film doesn't mean you enjoy watching them.

The Cast of 'Annabelle: Creation' Describe How They Watch Horror Movies

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With M. Night Shyamalans new thriller Split hitting screens this week, we sat down with the films star  James McAvoy  to discuss playing Kevin, a complicated character who suffers from a psychological disorder that means he has 23 distinct personalities, with the plot revolving around the emergence of a terrible 24th.The disorder that this group of people live with explains McAvoy Is D.I.D.  Disociative Identity Disorder  a condition that means theres a group of people sharing one body. So you have one person to begin with, and at a point early in their life, they suffer trauma that is generally repeated, and inescapable. The way that that the person deals with it is to fragment. Is to say Alright, what part of me can maybe help me through this? And instead of just utilising that attribute or personality trait, they personify it.A specific personality  called Hedwig  helps Kevin through that trauma.One of the children that I play in this film would take his place. So Hedwig took that suffering, took that beating, took that abuse. And the reason why it was Headwig in particular is because Hedwig is all about naivety and joy and looking for the fun in life, and he took that for the rest of Kevin. And then as Kevin went through the rest of his life, there were more and more and more parts of his personality that were personified and took on their own lives if you like. So ultimately he ends up having 23 personalities.McAvoy goes onto explain which personalities came naturally in the above video, and how one could turn from happy to malevolent in the blink of an eye, while Shyamalan talks about the challenges involved in directing such a complicated character. Split is in cinemas this Friday, January 20.

JamesMcAvoyDescribesHisMany'Split'Personalities

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Gone are the days when your only chocolate choices were milk chocolate or dark. Here's how to taste, judge and describe chocolates like a connoisseur, from chocolate expert and author Clay Gordon.

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