The Ragged Coast Blog

Jul 14, 2021

Understanding and Choosing Chocolates

The use of a number indicating cocoa percentage on chocolate labels has become a common marketing practice for chocolate producers over the last two decades. Unless otherwise specified, this number refers to the percentage of cocoa mass—both solids and butter—in the chocolate.

Jul 05, 2021

A short guide to enjoying chocolate in the summertime

"...how does one both embrace the hot weather, AND also indulge in a chocolate-y treat with little or no cooking? Read on for a little guidance on how to keep calm and cocoa on."

Jun 19, 2020

Some thoughts about re-branding...

Please read this piece in the Washington Post by Michele L. Norris. I thought this was a beautifully written opinion piece about the trouble with brands "hijacking" the imagery of Black people. Despite our own emotional knee jerk reactions, these clearly aren't simple issues. When I announced to our newsletter...

Jun 11, 2020

Changes...

We made the following announcement on June 9th to our newsletter subscribers, and on June 11th on our social media channels: Dear Friends, How are you doing? I've been thinking a lot about you these past two and half weeks.I've just plain been thinking a lot, period, these past two and...

Apr 30, 2020

At the Table

"I spent much of my adolescence setting booby traps for my older sister in our shared bedroom, stealthily avoiding my mother, or ditching my big brother at an event to which he was ordered to accompany me. Perhaps in an effort to instill some normalcy in a home life that seemed so often awry, mom insisted that, every night, we eat dinner together."

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The Ragged Coast Blog

Understanding and Choosing Chocolates

A short guide to enjoying chocolate in the summertime

Some thoughts about re-branding...

Changes...

At the Table