by Mark Christian | Apr 15, 2013 | The Crush Pad Editorials
(Excerpt from Amedei’s Blanco de Criollo bar review & a sequel to Chocolate Awards: Feast or Famine… or Fraud? Part I) As the British Empire continues its retreat to the “emerald isle” as Shakespeare put it, England itself has paradoxically become...
by Mark Christian | Mar 19, 2013 | The Crush Pad Editorials
(Excerpt from Pacari’s 70% Raw Cacao bar review) A chocolate with more labels on the packaging than a NASCAR driver has endorsements. But this is no ordinary vanity bar. Naturally it sports the Demeter Biodynamic sticker at a remove above & beyond organic,...
by Mark Christian | Feb 15, 2013 | The Crush Pad Editorials
Brady Brelinski, editor of The Flavors of Cacao, caught up with the C-spot’s® elusive figurehead. This far- & wide-ranging interview covers lots of ground & dives to considerable depth. Is it really, as Brady said, a “chocolate magnum opus”? Take a...
by Mark Christian | Jan 5, 2013 | The Crush Pad Editorials |
A multi-part series on the rescue & recovery of a rare & vanishing cacáo strain in Marañón Canyon, Peru (Based on a true story; some names & circumstances have been altered to protect sources) Prologue PART I — Everybody, Headfirst into the Gene...
by Mark Christian | Jan 5, 2013 | The Crush Pad Editorials |
Back in San Diego, CA the Pearsons ‘break ‘n bite’ together with their new favorite bar: Fortunato No. 4. One too hot for The Smithsonian to handle. They asked a friend to approach The Smithsonian with a proposal for an unveiling of Fortunato No. 4 after it hosted an...
by Mark Christian | Jan 4, 2013 | The Crush Pad Editorials
Before chasing utopian dreams riding in on a unicorn, let’s take stock. It’s business after all & people have multiple motives. Money can’t buy love but it does buy sex, an antidote to life’s pain, overcoming it with pleasure. For some, so will chocolate, so will...
