Have a nice day from March 5 to 7, 2020 | Culture
THURSDAY MARCH 5magic man: Kevin Blake is bringing back his popular show, an "awesome" mix of spoken word,…
Transmitting culture and traditions one chocolate at a time
The altar was the shimmering focal point of Mi Familia de Mi Tierra's grand dining room at The Rim restaurant on Tuesday. It was created in honor of the night star - chocolate, or what the Aztecs called the food of the gods.A giant…
Coffee with leaves and seeds
Clockwise from left: Reuben sandwich (made with homemade corned beef seitan), artichoke cakes, raw cocoa, banana and almond milk smoothie, the bowl of cookies and fresh squeezed fruit juice.
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Xoca creates a functional drink brand around recycled cocoa
Launch in Chicago, XocaComes in three flavors: original, mint and ginger, and is the brainchild of Jacob Lopata, a propulsion engineer with an aviation background who learned that hundreds of thousands of tons of cocoa fruit rot in farms…
Xoca Cacao Fruit Soda announces its launch
CHICAGO- With the launch of Xoca Cacao Fruit Soda, a new range of functional drinks made from recycled cocoa fruit juice, the idea of a sustainable and healthier soda has now come to fruition. Made from the delicious, nutrient-rich…
Barry Callebaut unveils the world’s first chocolate made from whole cocoa
Barry Callebaut's latest chocolate product is made with whole cocoa fruit.
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Barry Callebaut launched the world's first chocolate made from the entirety of the cocoa fruit in San Francisco,…
New WholeFruit Chocolate Reduces Waste Using Whole Cocoa Fruits | Food industry
It's hailed by its maker as the newest chocolate since the ever-popular pink or ruby variety, and unabashedly aimed at the younger generation looking for healthier, more sustainable products.Swiss chocolatier Barry Callebaut - one of the…
A tour of Athens’ own Condor chocolate factory | Arts & Culture
"Do you have any Oompa Loompas?" Squealed a young voice from the crowd. "I'm an Oompa Loompa, you're…
Third Culture’s mochi muffins have swept the Bay Area. Mochi donuts are next.
If you've bought a cup of coffee in the Bay Area in the past couple of years, you've probably stumbled upon the mochi muffin.Mochi muffin - and its East Asian and Southeast Asian flavored cream cake brethren from Berkeley's Third Culture…
You don’t need your own cacao tree to make your own chocolate – Marin Independent…
Apparently I used to make some pretty memorable chocolate truffles.
It reminded me of last week when Marie, a friend of my mother's, wondered if by any chance I would make one this year.
I had made them so long ago that I had actually…
Farmers first grew cocoa 3,600 years ago • Earth.com
The ancient inhabitants of Central America knew how to prioritize. Geneticists discovered that they first domesticated the cocoa tree about 3,600 years ago.
The discovery doesn't just show that ancient farmers knew what was important. It…
The birth of chocolate: researchers discover that the cocoa tree appeared 3,600 years ago
The Birth of Chocolate: Researchers Discover the Cocoa Tree First Appeared in the Amazon Basin 3,600 Years AgoResearchers have analyzed a rare and tasty cocoa variant known as CriolloDiscovered that it was domesticated in…
Ritter Sport’s hemp seed chocolate could arrive in the US next year
The company launched the limited-edition Schoko & Gras (Chocolate & Grass) bars earlier this year in its home country, and they come packaged in a bright green packaging with an image of a hemp leaf.The product, which is a 30% milk…
Jessica Sepel Salted Chocolate Chip Bars
We had a craving at the JSHealth office for a healthy muesli bar with a touch of chocolate. I headed into the kitchen and whipped up these healthy and nutritious seed bars with a touch of chocolate. They're decadent, satisfying, and won't…
3 recipes to improve your chia seed pudding
Chia seed pudding is one of the easiest and healthiest breakfasts to prepare for the meals of the week. Always gluten free, easily vegan and dairy free. All you have to do is toss some chia seeds with whatever milk and flavor you want,…
How to grow a cocoa tree quickly
Growing a cocoa tree - the plant whose pods turn into chocolate - takes patience. It takes three to five years for a cocoa bean to develop into a fruit tree. Each tree produces a limited number of seeds. And these seeds are not the…
Hempseed, Oatmeal, Cocoa Bean and Dried Cherry Cookies [Vegan]
It's a delicious, chewy cookie. I love the texture of the hemp seeds and the spiciness of the cherries and the crunch of the cocoa nibs. They also freeze wonderfully, so you don't have to eat all 18 at one time.
Hempseed, Oatmeal,…
Culture of the Chaco: the builders of the southwestern Pueblo
The "Chaco culture", as modern archaeologists call it, flourished between about the 9e and 13e centuries AD and was centered at Chaco Canyon in what is now New Mexico.The people of the Chaco culture built huge structures that sometimes…
An anthropologist will share the historical role of cocoa and chocolate cultivation
CONWAY, Ark. (September 19, 2016) – Hendrix College will host “Cacao Biology, Chocolate Culture: An Ecology of Colonial Knowledge and the Genesis of Taste,” a public lecture by Dr. Kathryn E. Sampeck on Thursday, October 6. ,…
Scientists date the origin of the cocoa tree 10 million years ago – sciencedaily
Chocolate, produced from the seeds of the cocoa tree Theobroma cacao, is one of the most popular flavors in the world, with sales of around $ 100 billion a year. Yet, as global demand increases, there are concerns that the industry will…
Lifestyle of the week: From cocoa to chocolate Valentine’s Day | Earth
No sooner have the Christmas decorations been put away than the Valentine's Day paraphernalia appears. Stores around the world are dressing up in pinks and reds and bracing for the boom in the torrential sales of flowers, jewelry and, most…
The Chocolate Economy | Arts & Culture
A graph of future chocolate prices since Valentine's Day, 2014
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A taste test to find the best chocolate beers | Arts & Culture
Chocolate beer covers a wide range of flavors and varieties.…
A new spirit of tequila type distilled from cocoa fruits
Solbeso is made from distilled cocoa fruit, and it may be a new category of spirits in modern cocktail taxonomy, but it has a long history. Long before we became addicted to the alluring wonder of chocolate, the ancient cultures that…
Is drinking chocolate the new American cupcake? | Arts & Culture
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With the last barrage of blizzards gone, and potentially more to hit much of the…
Cocoa genome sequencing – sciencedaily
The production of high-quality chocolate and the farmers who grow it will benefit from the chocolatier's recent sequencing and genome assembly, according to an international team led by Claire Lanaud of CIRAD, France, with Mark Guiltinan of…
A Brief History of Chocolate | Arts & Culture
Chocolate truffles
Cheryl Carlin
When most of us hear the word chocolate, we imagine a bar, a box…