If you were jealous of my tour of the Taza chocolate factory, here’s your chance to take your own this Saturday! It’s free and comes with free tastings! The details: Taza Chocolate Open House - Winter 2009 Date:  Saturday, December 5th 2009 Time:...

After I fell in love with Aequare’s 55% bar, how would their (free sample) 70% bar fare? Let’s find out, shall we? Like the 55% (and all of Aequare’s bars), this bar is handmade from single-origin beans. Like all the bars currently for sale, it’s from...

… besides the fact that I think it tastes like yuck. Via Jezebel, a new study that suggests that licorice could have harmful effects on a growing fetus. As my friend Steve pointed out in my last sensationalized headline post, how do people get funding...

In addition to some delicious dark chocolate cocoa beans, Aequare also sent me an assortment of their handmade single-origin bars for free sampling. Today’s review is of their 55% semi-sweet. According to their website, the beans that went into this...

Serious Eats gets serious about chocolate in these posts: 1)  The Best Artisanal Chocolate Bars. I’ve only even heard of one of these brands! (Fran’s, in case you’re wondering). 2) Serious Heat - the best spicy chocolates. I’ve only tried the Dagoba...