WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (FEBRUARY 16, 2017) – Old Salem Museums & Gardens in conjunction with AMERICAN HERITAGE® Chocolate and The Historic Division of Mars is presenting its fourth annual day of fun ...

Valentine’s Day and chocolate — they simply go hand in hand. In recent years, the confection has been regarded as the symbol of affection with stores and major retailers selling them by the box. But ...

Throughline host Rund Abdelfatah brings us the story of the origins of chocolate.

Nothing says Valentine’s Day quite like chocolate, but long before it was paired with hearts and flowers, chocolate played important roles in cultures around the world, according to a new book for ...

A word of vocabulary here_ Cacao (Theobroma cacao) is the tree, cocoa is the name of the beans, and chocolate is the confection made from cocoa beans. Sometime around 1000 B.C. the Maya, whose ...

Katie Sampeck, a historian at the University of Reading, explores chocolate's cultural history, tracing its origins from ancient Amazonian cultivation through its integration into European diets. She ...

It seems like pretty much everyone is a chocolate person around Valentine's Day—chocolate desserts, chocolate-dipped strawberries, heart-shaped boxes of chocolate everywhere you look—but there are ...

Every bite of a chocolate chip cookie carries a piece of Massachusetts history. Back in 1938, something magical happened at a ...

Among the many sweet moments of Valentine's Week, Chocolate Day stands out as a celebration of love, indulgence, and joy. Observed on February 9th, this day is dedicated to the universal delight of ...