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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
Feb 14, 2025


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...
Nov 16, 2023


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...
Nov 16, 2023


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...
Dec 6, 2022


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: ...
Aug 24, 2020


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...
Aug 17, 2020


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....
Aug 10, 2020


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...
Aug 3, 2020


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...
Jul 27, 2020


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...
Jul 20, 2020


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...
Jul 13, 2020


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,...
Jun 29, 2020


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...
Jun 19, 2020


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...
May 26, 2020


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...
May 12, 2020


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...
Apr 28, 2020


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...
Apr 14, 2020


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...
Mar 24, 2020
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