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Episode 2: Be Still, My Heart
From Slow Melt Productions | Part of the The Slow Melt: A Podcast About Chocolate series | 23:59
Chocolate: food of the gods, balm of our hearts, and, at one point in time, a symbol of sacrifice and stand-in for human blood. In this episode, we explore what makes chocolate sexy and how to approach the information on the nearly $400 million of chocolate sold in the days leading up to Valentine’s Day.
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Chocolate: food of the gods, balm of our hearts, and, at one point in time, a symbol of sacrifice and stand-in for human blood. In this episode, we explore what makes chocolate sexy and how to approach the information on the nearly $400 million of chocolate sold in the days leading up to Valentine’s Day.
Guests include:
Gillian Goddard, farmer, educator and founder of Sun Eater Organics, on how chocolate forges intimacy and what it means to empower farmers in the places where cacao is grown.
Aubrey Lindley, co-founder of Portland’s Cacao, one of the oldest specialty chocolate shops in the United States, on what to look for when assessing a chocolate bar.
Thierry Muret, global executive chef at Godiva, on what makes chocolate sexy.
Antonie Fountain, managing director of VOICE (Voice of Organisations In Cocoa in Europe) Network, previewing the challenges for West African farmers who grow the majority of the world’s cacao.
Episode 8: The Deep Origin
From Slow Melt Productions | Part of the The Slow Melt: A Podcast About Chocolate series | 24:01
Cacao was born in a bean-shaped area in the upper Amazon and is believed to have been grown and used—first, as a drink—in countries that now encompass Mexico and Central and South America.
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Cacao was born in a bean-shaped area in the upper Amazon and is believed to have been grown and used—first, as a drink—in countries that now encompass Mexico and Central and South America.
Guests include:
Maricel Presilla, chef, culinary historian, author of The New Taste of Chocolate and coordinator of the International Chocolate Awards, on the history of cacao and cocoa.
Chloé Doutre-Roussel, consultant and author of The Chocolate Connoisseur, on how the economic crisis in Venezuela impacts cocoa farmers and the industry at large.
Cristian Melo, professor at Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial, on the development of prized indigenous cacao and one of the world’s most prolific hybrids in the country that leads in fine and flavor production.