European chocolate

Traveling COVID style

If you can’t cover some ground this year, cover some chocolate

Published 17 August, 2020

Lust for luster dust

Is it just me or were this year’s entrants exceptionally stunning?

Published 5 December, 2019

What I did on my vacation

Our trip of a lifetime required chocolate. Lots of chocolate.

Published 17 November, 2018

Licking windows

We made pilgrimage to the Mecca of chocolate

Published 17 November, 2018

Judging the best

Hard to decide on best of the best when everyone’s at the top of their game

Published 13 November, 2018

Compact chocolate capitol

If you think “Godiva” when you hear “Belgian chocolate,” it’s time for a field trip

Published 25 September, 2018

Carefully curated chocolate

Looking for chocolate in Amsterdam, we found a windmill that ground cacao

Published 21 September, 2018

Berlin artisan chocolate

Serious artisan chocolate with some silly peeking through

Published 31 August, 2018

A tale of two houses

We started our Berlin visit with a trip to the biggest chocolate store in the world

Published 12 August, 2018

Hamburg report

A re-purposed cacao warehouse with a little more

Published 10 August, 2018

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