Apartment Therapy Tagged: cocoa

Fair Trade: Cocoa

Although we do our best to eat local, some things are just grown too far from home. One of these foods is cocoa, most of which comes from the Ivory Coast region of West Africa, as well as Central Amer...

Good Reminder: Buy Spices from Bulk Bins

We were shopping at Whole Foods recently and discovered that they have a whole wall of bulk spices. We always buy our grains from their bulk section, but we were really happy to see this additional ar...

Baking Lab: Why Did Our Cake Fall Flat?

Last week we shared a recipe for Coffee Cake with Coffee Glaze - a moist, fluffy cake flavored with coffee and just a hint of cocoa. The recipe that we posted was not, however, our first attempt. ...

Questions for Lisa Yockelson: How Does Cocoa Percentage Affect Baking Results?

Lisa Yockelson, author of the rich chocolate encyclopedia ChocolateChocolate is our guest expert this week on all things baking and chocolate. Ever wondered if those cocoa percentages in baking cho...

Pantry Basics: What Is Dutch Process Cocoa?

If you bake with cocoa you have probably noticed recipes that call for either Dutch-processed or natural (non-Dutch-processed) cocoa powder. What is Dutch process cocoa powder, and how will it affec...

eBay Scavenger: Vintage Ghirardelli Cocoa Tins

These vintage Ghirardelli cocoa tins are old and have that patina of age, but they are unopened and still have cocoa inside! We don't recommend baking with this antique cocoa, but the tins would loo...

Word of Mouth: Cacao

Cacao [ka KOW] n. the seeds and the tree, Theobroma cacao, from which cocoa, cocoa butter, and chocolate are made. The word cacao is thought to come from the Aztec word cacahuatl, which means "bitte...