The Chocolate Loophole

A woman that is not 100% comfortable with her body, which is probably 90% of American women, is always looking for the chocolate loophole. The chocolate loophole is the way we can satisfy the craving without overdoing it or feeling guilty later. Dark chocolate that is at least 60% cacao was until now, the best way, [...]

The Art of Chocolate

Amano separates itself from the pack of gourmet chocolate brands with Latin America-sourced beans because of its ability to marry culture and cacao. Amano Founder Art Pollard is more a curator of cacao than an entrepreneur because he spent years researching chocolate to develop rich recipes, both sweet and dark. The range of bars all [...]

Chocolate, Pure & SimpleEthical, Healthy SweetsWhat:The couple behind this South American boutique chocolate house has brought chocolate back to basics, and added flavors from the tropics.

The Dirt:Chocolate, roses and a beautiful raw jungle—this is what the rural parts of Ecuador hold. The brainchild of natives Santiago Peralta and Carla Barboto, the brand name Pacari translates to nature in the local language of Quechua, the first language for some rural folk, before even Spanish. Created from local cacao beans, harvested from [...]

Raw RevisitedIs Less Really More?What: The raw food and juicing movement followers are convinced we can get all the nutrition we need from the earth. Are you?

The Dirt:What prompts someone to spend $8 on juice? It has to be more than organic; it has to be the promise of a new way of life. Enter the cult-like phenomenon where raw meets juicing. Just as popular television shows brought the raw movement to the forefront, globalization and the increased prevalence of diabetes, [...]