by Mark Christian | Oct 18, 2014 | Newsletters
Crushpad Newsletter Newsbites for the Chocoscenti October 2014, Issue #21 — Issue #20 here Chocolate Revivals… shakin’ your bon-bons, waggin’ your tongues, & raising your bar like a tambourine That time of year again… more festivals dropping in our...
by Mark Christian | Sep 18, 2014 | Newsletters
Crushpad Newsletter Newsbites for the Chocoscenti September 2014, Issue #20 — Issue #19 here The Spirit of Chocolate The prequel to the story of chocolate in all likelihood begins millennia ago when the fruit of Theobroma cacao trees – from which all...
by Mark Christian | Jul 18, 2014 | Newsletters
Crushpad Newsletter Newsbites for the Chocoscenti July 2014, Issue #19 — Issue #18 here Something Different Across stretches of recorded history, chocolate was consumed primarily as a beverage, beginning in 3,500BCE at Santa Ana-La Florida, Zamora Chinchipe,...
by Mark Christian | May 19, 2014 | The Crush Pad Editorials |
In the June 2014 issue of Wine Spectator, the magazine’s Owen Dugan & his team –- whose experience & expertise covers bars as well as bottles — seized the Heirloom Cacao Preservation initiative (HCP) as “very important research… similar to the Domaine...
by Mark Christian | May 18, 2014 | The Crush Pad Editorials |
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by Mark Christian | Feb 5, 2014 | The Crush Pad Editorials |
at The Institute Of Culinary Education, NYC The best chocolate in the world starts with the fruit of the finest Theobroma cacao trees. How can we all support the world’s foremost geneticists & flavor specialists to save heirloom cacáo from extinction? The Heirloom...
by Mark Christian | Nov 18, 2013 | The Crush Pad Editorials |
Excerpt of Intentional Chocolate’s Dark Bar originally posted March 8, 2012 in The Chocolate Census (for the full review, click here). For an in-depth investigative report on Intentional Chocolate’s operations, partnerships & purported research, see...
by Sonia Lyris | Sep 30, 2013 | The Crush Pad Editorials
When it comes to premium chocolate, Seattle’s NW Chocolate Festival might be one of the most impressive festivals in the country. People come from all over the world to display their wares, and consumers come from all over the US to taste them. There are as many...
by Mark Christian | Jul 27, 2013 | Newsletters |
Crushpad Newsletter Newsbites for the Chocoscenti July 2013, Issue #7 — Issue #6 here Around the World in 45 Bars the C-spot’s Chocolate Atlas has added another destination. Follow us Around the World as we cover the whole chocolate globe in 45...
by Mark Christian | Jul 27, 2013 | Newsletters |
Crushpad Newsletter Newsbites for the Chocoscenti June 2013, Issue #6 — Issue #5 here Liberation Chocolate You’ve heard of Liberation Theology, the politically-driven church movement in Latin America whose leaders often became targets for...
