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 most incredible stories to tell, which include tales of their food adventures. Although I’ve had chocolate from many different countries, for some reason a chocolate bar made with beans from Guatemala hasn’t come across my path – until now. Enter, Fresco Polochic Valley 100% Chocolate. In 2018 this bar won a series of awards: the Silver Inter

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 Peru. I read about it in a cacao publication and was really curious what made this bean so special. I searched high and low for a chocolate bar made with these beans. Perhaps I wasn’t looking in the right place, but I couldn’t seem to find any bars within the USA. So I contacted James Walter, the master chocolatier and driving force behind Staf

I have always been a supporter of small businesses. I really appreciate and value when someone uses their gifts and talents to carry out a vision to create something unique. We are all so fortunate that there is so much diversity in the culinary industry. There are food items for every palate these days, no matter how esoteric. Thank goodness for the individuals who have taken the big leap and financial risk to contribute their distinctive spin on something as popular as choc