{"id":12552,"date":"2018-10-04T07:57:20","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T07:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ikachocolate.com\/?p=12552"},"modified":"2018-10-04T07:57:20","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T07:57:20","slug":"ikas-confessions-35-answers-to-the-proust-questionnaire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ikachocolate.com\/ja\/artisanal-chocolate\/ikas-confessions-35-answers-to-the-proust-questionnaire\/","title":{"rendered":"Ika&#8217;s Confessions: 35 Answers to The Proust Questionnaire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ika is as Francophile as they come &#8211; having been trained by leading chocolatiers in Paris for the most part of 2009-2010.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>This month she has agreed to follow another French tradition, by answering the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Proust_Questionnaire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proust Questionnaire<\/a>, <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AKA the Bernard Pivot questions, made very popular also by <em>Actors Guild<\/em> host James Lipton.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&#039;Actors Studio Remixed: 10 Questions&#039; by Jordan Laws\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lZZrC7h5efE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Here is Ika spilling her beans:<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em>What is your idea of perfect happiness?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Looking at the sunset on a lounger on a sandy beach, holding a glass of Sancerre wine.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><em>What is your greatest fear?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Not making that trip around the world in 80 days. Or more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><em>What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Impatience.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><em>What is the trait you most deplore in others?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Miserliness.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><em>Which living person do you most admire?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>My sister in law.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li><em>What is your greatest extravagance?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>A trip to Hawaii when I was 18.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"7\">\n<li><em>What is your current state of mind?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>When will this August end already?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"8\">\n<li><em>What do you consider the most overrated virtue?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Self-confidence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"9\">\n<li><em>On what occasion do you lie?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Can I lie as an answer to this question?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"10\">\n<li><em>What do you most dislike about your appearance?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>My hips.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"11\">\n<li><em>Which living person do you most despise?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>So many human-rights crushing-dictators out there these days\u2026 But Assad.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"12\">\n<li><em>What is the quality you most like in a man?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Sense of Humor.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"13\">\n<li><em>What is the quality you most like in a woman?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Creativity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"14\">\n<li><em>Which words or phrases do you most overuse?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>What was I going to say??<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"15\">\n<li><em>What or who is the greatest love of your life?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Chocolate &amp; The Sea.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"16\">\n<li><em>When and where were you happiest?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The day I opened my shop. But diving in the ocean in Australia is also an extremely happy memory.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"17\">\n<li><em>Which talent would you most like to have?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>For languages. I would love to be fluent in 7 languages at least.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"18\">\n<li><em>If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Be more patient.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"19\">\n<li><em>What do you consider your greatest achievement?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Being included in the Le Club des Croqueurs de Chocolat guide, with gold tablette rating.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"20\">\n<li><em>If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Jack Sparrow &#8211; Pirate of the Caribbean.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"21\">\n<li><em>Where would you most like to live?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Manhattan, Paris, London, Tokyo, Sydney, and many other places.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"22\">\n<li><em>What is your most treasured possession?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>My chocolate Tempering machine. It\u2019s possible that I am still paying for it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"23\">\n<li><em>What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Losing someone close to you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"24\">\n<li><em>What is your favorite occupation?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Chit-chatting over plates of food.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"25\">\n<li><em>What is your most marked characteristic?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Determination.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"26\">\n<li><em>What do you most value in your friends?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Them being there when needed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"27\">\n<li><em>Who are your favorite writers?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Ian McEwan, Meir Shalev.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"28\">\n<li><em>Who is your hero of fiction?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Peter Pan.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"29\">\n<li><em>Which historical figure do you most identify with?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Lou\u00a0Andreas-Salom\u00e9, a Russian-born psychoanalyst and author,\u00a0who had close relationships with Rilke, Freud, and Nietzsche (quite a complicated one, with the latter).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"30\">\n<li><em>Who are your heroes in real life?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Breakthrough entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"31\">\n<li><em>What are your favorite names?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Inbar, Offri.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"32\">\n<li><em>What is it that you most dislike?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Malice.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"33\">\n<li><em>What is your greatest regret?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Quitting piano lessons.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"34\">\n<li><em>How would you like to die?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>In my sleep, following a three-star rated Michelin dinner.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"35\">\n<li><em>What is your motto?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Chocolate is the soul\u2019s super-food.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Want to get more news &amp; special sales promotions?<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ikachocolate.com\/club\/\">Click to sign up to our monthly<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ikachocolate.com\/club\/\">newsletter<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ika is as Francophile as they come &#8211; having been trained by leading chocolatiers in Paris for the most p <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1010,"featured_media":208,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[55,58],"class_list":["post-12552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artisanal-chocolate","tag-artisanal-chocolate","tag-award-winning-chocolate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ikachocolate.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ikachocolate.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ikachocolate.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ikachocolate.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1010"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ikachocolate.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12552"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ikachocolate.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12553,"href":"https:\/\/ikachocolate.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12552\/revisions\/12553"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ikachocolate.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ikachocolate.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ikachocolate.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ikachocolate.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}