Linda Rice Lorenzetti

We were to meet farmers who have transitioned from producing coca to planting cacao. We wanted to hear their stories, meet their families and tour their farms.

Husband-and-wife team detail their visit to two successful Luker Cacao projects.

This October we travelled to London to cover The Chocolate Show, a young spin-off of its esteemed Paris parent.

Chocolatiers and buyers from more than a dozen countires were in attendence.

Despite the eye-popping opening night spectacle, the real event was on the main show floor.

As I moved around the Paris Salon, the international diversity of attendees at each venue drove home to me what a worldwide pleasure chocolate has become.

To attend the Tabasco Festival is to immerse oneself in all facets of that amazing culture.

The mezzanine of the Sheraton Lima erupted into a riot of activity as acrobats, drummers and dancers — many in indigenous Peruvian costume — led a noisy procession into an exhibit hall filled with more than 40 colorful booths overflowing with confections of every kind. And so began Peru’s 4th annual Salon del Cacao y Chocolate.