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November 4, 2016 Certifications / Chocolate Shows / Chocolate-makers / Chocolatiers / Cocoa / Cocoa Producing Countries / Cocoa Varieties / Italian gastronomy / Sustainability

Building a better Italian chocolate bar

How useful is certification for guaranteeing the quality of cocoa beans from a given source? And how does it benefit

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December 31, 2013 Chocolatiers / Cocoa / Cocoa production

Willie and the chocolate factory

In my previous post, I mentioned how more and more chocolatiers are turning away from big wholesale manufacturers of chocolate

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The revival of bean to bar chocolate-makers

With the festive period in full swing, many of us will be savouring chocolates of different kinds and types. But

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September 3, 2013 Chocolatiers / Cocoa / Cocoa production / Cocoa Varieties / Dominican Republic / Plantations / Sensory / Valrhona

Inaugurating Valrhona’s cocoa plantation in the Dominican Republic

Earlier this year, I had the privilege of working with Valrhona, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of fine chocolate,

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April 22, 2013 Chocolatiers / Cocoa / Cocoa Producing Countries / Cooperatives / Gastronomy / Plantations / Valrhona

Tain l’Hermitage: where fine chocolate meets fine wine

Tain l’Hermitage is a small town on the left bank of the Rhône in south-eastern France. Located in the northern

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February 4, 2013 Basque Gastronomy / Chocolatiers / Cocoa

Chocolate tasting in the Basque country

Although the Basque Country has a strong history in chocolate-making, there are today very few artisan chocolatiers of Basque origin,

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November 30, 2012 Chocolatiers / Cocoa

The first cocoa recipes

I thought that I would share these two drawings that show the early stages of cocoa consumption. What I finding

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November 29, 2012 Basque Gastronomy / Chocolatiers / Cocoa

France’s first chocolate-makers

Who would have thought of the Basque Country as one of the first places in Europe to be home to

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October 10, 2012 Basque Gastronomy / Chocolatiers / Cocoa / Cocoa Producing Countries / Cooperatives / Plantations / Sensory

When the cocoa trail becomes the chocolate trail

All good things come to an end. Now it is time for me to return to Europe. But rest assured!

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August 2, 2012 Chocolatiers / Cocoa / Cocoa Producing Countries / Cocoa production / Cooperatives / Peru / Plantations

Peru’s most exquisite white cacao beans

I am now in the Northern tip of Peru, where you can find Peru’s special white cacao, a genetic variety

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