Cocoa pods are comprised of cocoa beans, pods, endocarp and pulp. Credit: Cristina Aldehuela / Getty. Working alongside chocolatiers in the food industry, researchers at ETH Zurich say they have ...

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Three months ago, I hopped on a plane and traveled to a stunning little Caribbean island known as Grenada. (Or shall I say, Spice Island?) I went there for the sole purpose of attending their ...

Can chocolate make you happy? Legions of chocolate devotees definitely agree, but for one native San Diegan and La Jolla resident, the answer is a resounding yes. Jim Lantry, a genial “recovering” ...

Students in the MSR program’s Embedded Systems in Robotics course talk about the challenges of creating a hot chocolate-making machine. There’s nothing much better in cold weather than kicking back ...

Making chocolate is a sacred process, particularly for descendants of the ancient Mesoamerica, and for those looking to reconnect with ancestral practices, like Stephanie Villegas of Xochitl Vegan, a ...