Interviews

“As soon as the show got aired… we emptied out within 24 hours. So we had to start shipping out pallets and pallets of chocolate because the demand just skyrocketed, …

“Marketing can help, but… it shouldn’t be [the] primary reason that someone purchases a product.” -Julia Choi-Rodriguez, Co-founder of Vesta Chocolate Julia & Roger Rodriguez opened the doors to their …

“The more you know, the more you realize you don’t know.” -Megan Giller, Author of Bean To Bar & Chocolate Noise In the chocolate world, there are very few in-betweens. …

“I don’t think sustainability should break down at the last mile.” -Pashmina Lalchandani, CEO of Bar & Cocoa Pashmina kinda started Bar & Cocoa “by accident,” with co-founder and former …

“If somebody wants to buy anything from another country, they have to be more responsible to the end of it… like a marriage, you have to be responsible. Don’t look …

“I hope it’s kind of like a series of Trojan Horses made out of chocolate… introducing the idea, hopefully, of complementary medicine or natural products medicine to many people. [This …

“We have this motto… never ask your customer what they want, because they of course have no idea what they want. A customer, a consumer, a person on the street …

“Against all odds, you know, these growers who were at one time among thousands— and now we’re down to really a handful of growers— the best plots are the ones …

“I was the first person that came to East Timor and asked about East Timor cacao… one of the guys there had somehow gotten a hold of some information on …

“Sugar is demonized.” -Ayano Kimura, Co-founder of Böhnchen & Co. Chocolate When I was a kid, discovering my Mom’s chocolate stash in the pantry was always exciting— until I realized …