February 9,2010 at 7:37 AM

Our conversation with Art Pollard last night was… delicious! If we had to choose a single take-home point, it would be this: at the heart of great chocolate are great relationships. Art’s relationships with European chocolatiers allowed him to learn subtleties of the art that can’t be found in books. His relationships [...]
Tags: Amano, Art Pollard, cacao, chocolate, fair trade
February 1,2010 at 3:42 PM

Hey, chocolate lovers: where does your cacao come from? How is it grown, fermented, dried? Don’t feel bad if you can’t answer. Most people have no idea. Heck, most chocolate manufacturers have no idea! After all, it’s not as if they were buying directly from the producers. But when Art Pollard founded Amano Artisan Chocolate [...]
Tags: Amano, Art Pollard, cacao, chocolate, fair trade