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I have to admit that I’m a bit skeptical of the whole changing .COM into .OTHERTHINGS, like .ORGANIC, .NFL, or .XXX.

The marriage of chocolate and tea was first exposed to me about 10 years ago in a cute café that offered an extensive list of teas.

If you’re in any way involved in the confectionery industry, it would be hard not to know Sal.

There are things that I don’t do, however, and things that confectioners are increasingly doing that I am concerned about.

We all know the common phrase “it’s not what you know — it’s who you know.” But all too often we take this for granted and don’t really invest in this valuable tool.

Do you realize that there are only eight days 'till Thanksgiving? It’s one of my favorite holidays, not only because of the opportunity to break bread (and a wishbone) with family, but because of the underlying reason for the gathering, that of being grateful.

I was a bit skeptical about the intent and outcome of male-dominated industries trying to appeal to women when I attended a seminar on marketing to women at the PACK EXPO International last week. From what I could tell from walking around the showroom floor, packaging certainly seemed to be a male-dominated industry. However, considering the seminar’s speaker, Marti Barletta, is both a woman and an expert in the field, I had high hopes that the talk would offer plenty of insight.

“The people have spoken, but it will take a while to determine exactly what they said.”

So the good news about the John Oliver segment on sugar is that it doesn’t really focus on candy.

Just outside San Pedro Columbia, a traditional Q’eqchi Maya village in southern Belize, lie 120 acres of pristine jungle where lush rainforest vegetation has grown wildly, taking advantage of the fertile soil.