I love chocolate, particularly dark chocolate.  I make no apologies, and the more I learn about chocolate and the cocoa bean, the more I realize no apologies are needed.  It’s...

Picture it: 60 aisles over 2 huge floors of a behemoth convention center, all focused on “specialty food.” It’s 3 days, with exhibitors giving out samples the whole time: Imported,...

You constantly hear: “We eat too many processed foods.” Recommendations by everyone from credible experts to celebrities and other less-than-credible “influencers” talk about the need to cut back on “processed...

It’s that time of year, when the Environmental Working Group (EWG) issues its Dirty Dozen list of produce with the most pesticide residues. What’s changed from last year’s list? Almost nothing,...

I’ve written before about positive research on chocolate, here, here and here. I’ve written — the facts — about lead and cadmium in chocolate here. Dark chocolate and cocoa powder...

he words “lead, cadmium, & chocolate” together spell clickbait. Include kids and it leads the 11 o’clock news.  Those optics are scary.  Sadly, fear and sensationalism sells. That’s what happened...