A Chocolate A Day...

Ki Won Lee, a South Korean researcher, has shown that hot cocoa contains more heart-healthy antioxidants than green tea or even red wine. I hope Lee's findings will convince my physician to write me a prescription for the hot chocolate souffle at Eleven Madison Park. This giant edible cauldron of bubbling chocolate is served with a plate of small chocolate cherry cakes and numerous scoops of chocolate, vanilla and hazelnut ice cream. (If you want to conserve your appetite in order to enjoy this dessert, you will have to moderate your consumption of the addictive cheese puffs at the beginning of the meal. I did not.)

Eleven Madison Park: 11 Madison Ave., (212) 889-0905.