How to Store Chocolate So It Stays Fresh
Cool, dark, dry and sealed. Why the fridge is usually the wrong answer, how long each kind of chocolate keeps, and how to freeze it safely.
Chocolate Guides
Useful answers to the questions people ask about chocolate, written to be read in a few minutes.
Chocolate Bloom: Why Chocolate Turns White and Whether It Is Safe
That grey-white film is not mould. Here is what fat bloom and sugar bloom are, how to tell them apart, and what to do with bloomed chocolate.
Cocoa Percentage Explained: Dark, Milk and White Chocolate
70% of what? What the number on the wrapper measures, what it does not tell you, and how dark, milk and white chocolate really differ.
How to Taste Chocolate Like a Chocolatier
Look, snap, smell, melt, reflect. A five-step method that makes even a supermarket bar more interesting, and how to run a tasting at home.
Truffle vs Bonbon vs Praline: What Is the Difference?
The words get used interchangeably at the chocolate counter. Here is what each one traditionally means, and why praline means three different things.
Best-of lists by state
Top-ten lists for every state with enough shops to fill one, built from the same ranked data as our state directories.