Walking into a restaurant that serves raw food recipes may not initially sound appealing to some. Omnivores could picture ...

open cacao pod full of cacao beans with an intact pod behind it on a bed of cacao beans - Atlantide Phototravel/Getty Images When you hear "cacao," your mind probably jumps to decadent chocolate ...

Living in vibrant New York City, the heartbeat of culinary exploration, I’ve constantly stumbled upon new superfoods that ...

Interested in raw vegan desserts? Try this chocolate cream pie made with avocados, dates, nuts, and cocoa for an easy treat ...

In a typical milk chocolate bar there is 3-4% cacao. But this chocolate uses 100%. And this process uses just one ingredient: Raw cacao. The chocolate making process starts with the cacao pods. The ...

Cocoa butter, whose use is said to date back to around 460 AD, is made of raw ingredients sourced directly from cacao beans. This naturally occurring fat is a primary ingredient for commercial and ...

Learn about when to use Dutch-process cocoa, when to use natural or regular cocoa, and how to substitute one for the other.