Europe

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 …

Prague chocolate shops were really & truly never on my radar. That is, until they had to be. Prague was my last stop in Europe …

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 …

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 …

“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, …

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, …

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 …

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— …

Not all chocolate is made in a factory, and not all the Willy Wonkas of the world are old white men. Some of them don’t …

The end of the year is when most of us spend extra time with our families and relax after a long year. We look forward …