Flavor and Heart
India spiced halva enrobed in Bolivia Alto Beni Heirloom 70% dark milk chocolate and dusted with turmeric. GHIE OPENED THE RESTAURANT one […]
The Floating World
Bolivia Alto Beni 74% dark chocolate with toasted local coconut, matcha, and Cui Ming green tea leaves. I pour green tea amidst […]
A Revolution, of Sorts
One more ride around the sun and I’m feeling the need for chocolate cake. No elegant piece of patisserie for me; I […]
Chocolate Factory
On Thursday Paul and I (and his wife Rachel and my friend Alberto) took the harrowing mountain drive to Hugo Hermelink’s chocolate […]
Tasting Chocolate with Luisa (and Paul and Andre)
Blueberries and plums,coffee, cinnamon, spiceon jungle-dark cacao. Paul and I had the honor of formally tasting some exquisitely precious wild Amazonian chocolate […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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