For the past year I have been busy writing a book on chocolate. I am very happy to announce that the book is almost on its way to the printer and that it has an official publication date ...

I co-hosted my first class in making chocolate in the home in December 2006 in conjunction with Jeff Pzena, New York Metro Discover Chocolate Meetup member and co-owner of the Cotton Tree Lodge (http://www.cottontreelodge.com) in the Toledo district of southern Belize. To a large extent, John Nanci, publisher of the web site chocolatealchemy.com has been leading the way in finding equipment that can be used to make chocolate at home. One thing that was missing was a winnower, so I started searching for plans for one on the Internet ...