We were to meet farmers who have transitioned from producing coca to planting cacao. We wanted to hear their stories, meet their families and tour their farms.

Husband-and-wife team detail their visit to two successful Luker Cacao projects.

This October we travelled to London to cover The Chocolate Show, a young spin-off of its esteemed Paris parent.

Chocolatiers and buyers from more than a dozen countires were in attendence.

Despite the eye-popping opening night spectacle, the real event was on the main show floor.

As I moved around the Paris Salon, the international diversity of attendees at each venue drove home to me what a worldwide pleasure chocolate has become.

To attend the Tabasco Festival is to immerse oneself in all facets of that amazing culture.

The mezzanine of the Sheraton Lima erupted into a riot of activity as acrobats, drummers and dancers — many in indigenous Peruvian costume — led a noisy procession into an exhibit hall filled with more than 40 colorful booths overflowing with confections of every kind. And so began Peru’s 4th annual Salon del Cacao y Chocolate.