Chocolate Bar None

Do you wear eyeglasses? I do. I have been near-sighted since I was seven. Sitting in my second-grade classroom, I felt scared because I could

The day I published my previous post, on why boycotting multinational chocolate companies has the potential to harm cocoa farmers, I traveled to the town

—– Read this post in Portuguese, thanks to Chocólatras Online @chocolatrason —– If any emotion motivates me to write Chocolate Bar None, I hope it’s

In Chocolate Bar None, I explore why I buy and eat any chocolate that I enjoy, regardless of ethical or environmental considerations. While I am

In my previous post on forgotten labor, I shared evidence that, regardless of premiums, the work of moving cocoa across Ghana is physically grueling. But

A few months ago, at the height of Ghana’s main harvest, I spent two days watching the loading and unloading of cocoa. I installed myself

I eat chocolate every day. If my breakfast is oatmeal, I add a handful of chocolate chips (most recently: Callebaut Single Origin Sao Thomé 70%).

  A friend in the chocolate industry once told me he wanted to make a bar that he would call “Pure Evil.” The cocoa, he