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Since the early 1900s, the German chocolate brand Ritter Sport has had a country-wide monopoly on the square shape…
Apr 1
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Welcome to In Poor Taste, a column about decadent food trends delivered with the intellectual curiosity of a…
Feb 15 2019
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Chocolate, ever heard of it?
Jan 18 2018
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While millennial pink may be on its way out (Pantone’s color of the year is a deep violet, so get ready to start…
Dec 31 2017
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Another daily disaster to file away into the glove compartment of our hearts: according to a new report in Business…
Dec 15 2017
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A priceless, gigantic statue of a bear being smothered in chocolate that was stolen from a Russel Stover factory…
Jan 8 2017
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Guess what! As it turns out, life sometimes offers more than a grinding trudge towards death. Residents of the…
Nov 8 2016
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The makers of Toblerone, that goofy looking Swiss chocolate bar with a bunch of triangles on it, are having fun…
Dec 22 2015
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Another chapter is unfolding in the story of the fraudulent chocolate makers the Mast Brothers, dubbed the “Milli…
Oct 20 2015
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Welcome to Cavity Connoisseur, a new occasional column about refined sugar. It has to be occasional or else it will…
Apr 9 2015
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You may have seen, recently, the life-sized Benedict Cumberbatch made of chocolate. Well, the creators left it in a…
Mar 29 2015
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Overpriced Lululemon pants to the left, to the left: chocolate might be as good for your brain (but not necessarily…
Feb 12 2015
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Chocolate prices are soaring because Asian markets are in love with the cocoa and the global economy cares nothing…
Oct 13 2014
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I have some bad news. The spread of Ebola, the horrific disease that has claimed the lives of nearly 4,000 people…
Aug 20 2014
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Grab your spoons in terror because your delicious spreads are in danger. Danger! From Trader Joe’s recalling their…
Aug 19 2014
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My God. It's all made of chocolate. Look at it. Look at it, everyone.
Aug 18 2014
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Hey, laaaaaaaaaaadies! Cambridge University has announced that they're seeking a "doctor of chocolate" to spend…
Aug 8 2013
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It's been definitively proven on this very site that nothing is better than sex, not even chocolate. But for old…
Jun 27 2013
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You can now get beers that taste like anything — ok, well, mainly bacon, but still, the craft beer market has…
Jun 8 2013
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Just when you thought the FBI, NSA and Verizon-teamed privacy infringement was the most egregious overstepping of…