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Beyond Skin-Deep: Unleashing the Power of Touch in Team Building
Illustrating that while care may seem skin-deep, their effects are far-reaching—much like the meaningful team building


Pure Chocolate Company: Jamaican Gems - Transforming Communities, One Bar at a Time!
Join me as I chat with Wouter from Pure Chocolate Company as he reveals the vibrant island flavors captured in their tree-to-bar...


Morumbí Cacao: Colombia’s Finest - Where Quality Meets Flavor and Aroma Excellence
Join me for an enlightening conversation with Laura Gutiérrez Osorio @laura_cacaocolumbia as she takes us on a journey through the...


The Goodness Of Hawaii Captured In Chocolate - Onomea Chocolate
What do you get when you blend Hawaii-grown chocolate and classic local Hawaii flavors? You get Lonohana’s sister company, Onomea...


Interview with Janet Straub from Creo Chocolate
Learn more about the heart of the Creo Chocolate company in my Zoom interview with Creo co-founder Janet Straub. Visit Creo Chocolate: ...


Fresco Polochic Valley 100% Chocolate
My husband and I have dear friends from Guatemala who travel back there at least three times a year. Whenever they return they have the...


Interview with Tamara Butterbaugh from Manoa Chocolate
To get a pulse on the emerging chocolate scene in Hawaii, I recently connected with Tamara Butterbaugh from Mānoa Chocolate via Zoom....


Flavors From the Pacific: Mānoa Chocolate
If you haven’t guessed it by my first name, I am originally from Hawaii. I haven’t been back to Hawaii in years, but when I heard there...


An Introduction On How To Select Cacao Beans
When I began exploring the world of chocolate I was given some raw cacao beans to try and I really enjoyed them. Unfortunately, my focus...


Brewing Ground Cacao Beans
A friend recently mentioned that she placed an order for CrioBru and asked if I had tried it. While I have not tried that brand, I have...


Seed Chocolate
I came across this gem of a chocolate company, Seed Chocolate, in my quest to learn more about the Gran Nativo Blanco cacao bean from...


Virtual Creo Chocolate Tasting
Creo virtual tasting package This month I participated in my first virtual chocolate tasting hosted by food writer and chocolate expert,...


Cacao Nib Brownies Worth Making
If you are a chocolate fanatic and haven’t read Cacao Magazine, I highly recommend you check it out. It covers all facets of this...


What A Difference Nibs Make
Some dear friends went on a road trip around the nation and returned with a bevy of chocolate from their travels. They blessed us with a...


A Mother’s Day Treat
I am not into the commercial nature of many created holidays. However, I have to say that I was blessed beyond belief when I received a...


Make Your Own Chocolate Bar
I have always been a supporter of small businesses. I really appreciate and value when someone uses their gifts and talents to carry out...


Chocolate Lovers, This Museum Is For You
It took a lifetime (my lifetime, that is) before I made it to Paris, France. It was everything that this gal who was raised on a rock in...


Reunited With My “First Love”
As you’ve already read, I have had a love affair with chocolate before I was able to walk. However, there was once a time when my love...
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