by Mark Christian | Dec 23, 2012 | The Crush Pad Editorials |
The chase is on. Mars, the candy giant, has been frantically mapping the cacáo genome in conjunction with whole teams of scientists from USDA field stations in Miami, FL & Beltsville, MD. Likewise their French counter – CIRAD — is equally fast at work, along...
by Mark Christian | Dec 23, 2012 | Book Reviews, Middle Shelf |
Everyone knows folks insanely devoted to chocolate (ahem) but who knew Jews are meshuga (crazy) for it? Leave it to a yente Rabbi to get all farklempt over it. Rabbi Debbie Prinz. The working title of her book – Jews on the Chocolate Trail – might God-smack of some...
by Mark Christian | Oct 20, 2012 | The Crush Pad Editorials |
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 Luncheon (Noon – 2:00pm) World Bank Headquarters, Room I-8300, I Building 1750 19 & I Street NW, Washington DC Chair: Cyprian FISIY, Director, Social Development (SDV) and Laureant MSELLATI, Sector Manager, Latin America...
by Mark Christian | Aug 22, 2012 | The Crush Pad Editorials |
The Int’l Chocolate Awards headed up by Martin Christy of 70%.com moves to NYC after successfully completing rounds in Europe & the U.K. Interested barsmiths &/or boxers from all over the Americas must submit entries by September 7, 2012 to be eligible...
by Sonia Lyris | Jun 14, 2012 | The Crush Pad Editorials
I’m betting that when it comes to fine chocolate you’re looking for the best of the best, the most exclusive artisan creations you can lay hands on. Am I right? How about chocolate so exclusive that you can’t have any? I’m at Cacao, a retail...
by Mark Christian | Feb 20, 2012 | The Crush Pad Editorials |
3P = 1 (1 Plant <–> 1 People <–> 1 Planet) Transcript of remarks for the Smithsonian Symposium Chocolate: From Mayan Worship to Modern Wonder held at the Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall, Washington DC It dawned on me while...
by Sonia Lyris | Sep 18, 2011 | The Crush Pad Editorials
Soft jazz plays as I step into the Fran’s Chocolates store in downtown Seattle. The staff is dressed in snappy black suits with classy high collars. They’re friendly and happy, as if working in a chocolate shop is all they’ve ever wanted to do. And...
by Mark Christian | Aug 29, 2011 | The Crush Pad Editorials |
While many are beating off the dying dog days of summer rummaging thru foodie mags, running to foodie shows, & ruffling around foodie networks, fearless cacáo is fully entering the 4th (& arguably final) Phase of Chocolate History in the West… by...
by Sonia Lyris | Aug 26, 2011 | The Crush Pad Editorials
You know what the best part is about being in a chocolate factory? You’re in a chocolate factory. This is where the chocolate gets made. That’s the stuff of childhood fantasy, of dreams coming alive. They make chocolate! Theo Chocolate – named for...
by Mark Christian | Aug 9, 2011 | The Crush Pad Editorials |
C-spotters, Madre Chocolate (Spanish for ‘mother’) released its inaugural bars last year. They were so promising &, moreover, positively inventive (Triple Cacáo with pulp, or the maple-likeness of rosita flowers also known as Cacahuaxochitl) that the...
