/tags/chocolate chocolate en-US WLRN Sun, 12 Feb 2023 10:00:42 GMT /health/npr-breaking-news/2023-02-12/is-chocolate-good-for-your-heart-finally-the-fda-has-an-answer-kind-of For years, chocolate-lovers have pointed to studies suggesting compounds in cocoa may be good for heart health. But some of the recent evidence comes from flavanol-rich cocoa, not from candy bars Sun, 12 Feb 2023 10:00:42 GMT /health/npr-breaking-news/2023-02-12/is-chocolate-good-for-your-heart-finally-the-fda-has-an-answer-kind-of Allison Aubrey /2021-09-21/if-you-love-potatoes-tomatoes-or-chocolate-thank-indigenous-latin-american-cultures These delicious treats were cultivated and enjoyed by native people for hundreds if not thousands of years. But with the arrival of the Spanish in Latin America, they were shared around the globe. Tue, 21 Sep 2021 13:17:34 GMT /2021-09-21/if-you-love-potatoes-tomatoes-or-chocolate-thank-indigenous-latin-american-cultures Vanessa Romo /2018-05-09/sugar-crash-after-tanker-flips-chocolate-bars-traffic-on-polish-highway A truck carrying tons of liquid chocolate flipped over on a highway Wednesday, leaving sweet stuff to congeal on the asphalt. Happily, there's video — though it's a bit grosser than you might imagine. Wed, 09 May 2018 17:33:00 GMT /2018-05-09/sugar-crash-after-tanker-flips-chocolate-bars-traffic-on-polish-highway Colin Dwyer /2017-11-28/one-womans-quest-to-tell-the-african-story-through-chocolate A Ghana-born chocolatier found that many people — even Africans — weren't familiar with the spices and cultures from other parts of the continent. And it is those experiences she seeks to share. Tue, 28 Nov 2017 12:00:16 GMT /2017-11-28/one-womans-quest-to-tell-the-african-story-through-chocolate Amy E. Robertson /2017-06-08/russians-charged-with-racketeering-and-selling-10-000-pounds-of-stolen-chocolate The feds said the indictment represents one of the first federal racketeering charges ever brought against a vor v zakonei -- a Russian phrase that translates roughly as "thief-in-law." Thu, 08 Jun 2017 20:25:00 GMT /2017-06-08/russians-charged-with-racketeering-and-selling-10-000-pounds-of-stolen-chocolate Laurel Wamsley /2017-01-30/save-the-monkeys-save-the-trees-sell-the-chocolate An enterprise-minded ecologist from England is helping endangered brown-headed spider monkeys in Ecuador by connecting their preservation to high-end chocolate. Mon, 30 Jan 2017 18:53:00 GMT /2017-01-30/save-the-monkeys-save-the-trees-sell-the-chocolate April Fulton /politics/2014-02-11/chocolate-and-chavez-valentines-day-confronts-venezuelas-strife Venezuela has the world’s largest oil reserves. Big deal. This is Valentine’s week, when cocoa matters more than crude – and what’s important is that… Tue, 11 Feb 2014 23:10:15 GMT /politics/2014-02-11/chocolate-and-chavez-valentines-day-confronts-venezuelas-strife Tim Padgett /show/topical-currents/2013-03-07/miami-fine-chocolate-and-food-show 03/07/13 - 1:30pm- Syndicated food columnist Linda Gassenheimer, Special wine correspondent Fred Tasker and ¸Û°ÄÌìϲÊhosts Joseph Cooper and Bonnie Berman… Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:30:00 GMT /show/topical-currents/2013-03-07/miami-fine-chocolate-and-food-show Joseph Cooper