After moving to Sicily for a simpler life, former investment banker Simone Sabaini helped to reinvent Modica’s sweet scene.

The cacao bean was domesticated in present-day Ecuador more than 5,000 years ago. Even then it was considered a gift from the ...

With the price of cocoa beans setting unprecedented records on the commodities market, it will certainly turn the gift of ...

Artisan chocolatier Dominique Persoone sorts through cocoa beans in his workshop at The Chocolate Line in Bruges, Belgium, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) And making matters worse ...