Chocolate Writing

At Timeless Chocolate, the ingredients are decided upon first, and then the products are discovered therein. Unlike most chocolate makers, the guys (& girl) at Timeless are not focused on …

Do you know the lifespan of your taste buds? They’re the little bumpy bits protruding from the surface of your tongue. You use them every day; it might seem like …

Ever wanted to quit it all and go back school? Me, too. But I couldn’t afford it. Plus, my passion is chocolate, and pastry school is expensive. And it’s scary to …

As kids, we learn to eat our colors. This chocolate is white, maybe an aged-parchment shade of white, though white all the same. But the packaging, oh the packaging is …

I’ve just returned from another week on Taiwan. Originally inhabited by aboriginal peoples, and opened to the world by Dutch and Spanish explorers in the 1600’s, Taiwan is a stunning …

There are lots of accessible DIY instructions on the internet these days, especially for recipes. But have you ever followed one, already knowing it would fail? I mean, a lot of things taste …

Pulling information from a wide variety of home chocolate makers who have posted online, as well as little tidbits from the professionals I have worked with and read about, I …

Baracoa is the best Cuban city to visit for those of us who just aren’t city people. It’s ocean side, known for nature and curried seafood, as well as chocolate. …

For years people have been telling me that I need to move to Baracoa, Cuba, or at least visit and get a taste of real Cuban chocolate. So after graduating …

On a whim, my first attempt at chocolate making, in January 2016, occurred in three rounds. The purpose of these tests was to figure out which milk powder is best …