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Category: A Day in the Life

A Chocolatier’s Blog, or A Series of semi-random events in an ongoing quest for happiness and chocolate.

April 12, 2026April 12, 2026Heirloom Cacao Preservation, Travelogue

Aeropuerto

5am flight to Panama and then Trinidad for Heirloom Cacao Preservation. Managing Director Alyssa and I are meeting with the folks who […]

February 26, 2026February 26, 2026A Day in the Life

The Book

I was 25 when I discovered The Book ‘tween cookbooks in my mother’s kitchen. I’d not noticed before though it was always […]

February 20, 2026February 20, 2026A Day in the Life

Pulling the wool…

Little Richard’s working on the President’s letter for Heirloom Cacao Preservation Annual Report. Yasamin’s into wool sculpture, and apparently I’ve been sculpted. […]

February 11, 2026February 11, 2026Heirloom Cacao Preservation, Travelogue

A Spirit in a Spiritual Place

A near-eternal voyage finds Dancing Lion Chocolate maker Roger Balcom at Volker Lehmann’s legendary Tranquilidad Estate in Alto Beni, Bolivia, where he’ll […]

February 1, 2026February 1, 2026Travelogue

Chocolatiers

A pair of Chocolatiers Putzing in Seattle; Noshing dumplings, sipping chocolate, critiquing a passable Piura. #chocolatiers #seattle @chaotic_gumball

December 6, 2025December 6, 2025A Day in the Life, Travelogue

Lost on a Coffee Farm

Ah, cacao! O beautiful rhomboids, textured in smooth roughness. Only one of you is ripe, but your silken fruit is tangy and […]

November 12, 2025November 12, 2025A Day in the Life, Chocolate Bars

Working Chocolate

Haven’t worked chocolatesince I wrapped up the shopBut something tells me I’mnot gonna stop. It’s calling… My home kitchen here isbarely equipped […]

November 11, 2025November 11, 2025A Day in the Life

Guessing Game

Holiday ornament? Nonononono; not the holidays yet! Inset for a stained glass window? Sort of reminds me of something I found when […]

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Finding Good Chocolate

The Cookbook Project

Featuring Dancing Lion Chocolate Listen to the podcast * Read the book

Chocolate As Art

Shiny Sel Bars in Boxes
Awake, Alive, and Aware. With Sel Bars.
August 13, 2015

Past Bars

Past Bonbons

The Shop is Closed

Bars and bonbons are finished, the cafe is no more--
We've wrapped up production and closed up the store.

Watch this Site for our Continuing Adventures...

Richard Tango-Lowy
Concepcion, Alajuela province, Atenas, Costa Rica


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