Europe

According to a poll conducted in the US, a significant number of customers now use olive oil in cooking, with flavor and health as their primary motivations. The rise in …

Over the last 10 years, I’ve watched as the US has long been a dominant force in the global craft chocolate scene, and as the power it holds in chocolate has …

I’ll never forget my first taste of fresh cacao, sour and floral and so much sweeter than I had anticipated. I was so surprised at the bitterness that leaked out …

Prague chocolate shops were really & truly never on my radar. That is, until they had to be. Prague was my last stop in Europe after Berlin (via Dresden) and …

Despite its popularity on the tourist circuit, I’ll admit I wasn’t thrilled about visiting Berlin. It just never really appealed to me, but when I ended up there for work …

The first thing I did upon starting my weekend in Bruges— after a 4-hour bus ride from the Netherlands— was begin visiting the best chocolate shops in Bruges. This is …

“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 …

The number of chocolate shops in Brussels is meant to astound. Most people will point you towards the most established Belgian chocolate shops in Brussels, like Leonidas, Mary’s, Godiva, and …

Apparently I look Dutch. This is the number one takeaway from my Amsterdam chocolate adventure, which took me to a few dozen chocolateries across the city. I found that most …

Unlike in coffee, the chocolate industry has relatively few large conferences open to the public. The industry is still quite secretive, except for one segment— craft. The specialty, or bean …