Chocolate lovers, rejoice!
Changing Chocolate: Indigenous Cooperatives in Ecuador, is a lecture/tasting event scheduled from 7 to 10 p.m. Monday, April 11, in Davis Auditorium of Palamountain Hall.
Admission is free and open to the campus community only.Those attending must RSVPto rneugeba@skidmore.edu for this event.
The program will offer a flavorful journey into the world of gourmet dark chocolate through a blind tasting of chocolates.
Judy Logback and a representative of Kallari Chocolate will lead an educational and sensory-stimulating lecture to help listeners distinguish chocolate notes, discern roasting techniques, and recognize origins. Participants will savor gourmet chocolates from around the world during the session, meanwhile learning to develop control of the palate and texture identification. The audience will gain familiarity with the numerous stages in cocoa production and bean preparation from an Amazon cocoa grower.
Then, an experienced chocolatier will talk about the regional flavors of cocoa beans, the process involved in chocolate making, and the economic impact of the world's third most important commodity. Farmer-owned chocolate bars processed nearby in the cocoa groves will be matched up against the top rated leading gourmet, fair trade, and organic dark chocolates in a blind tasting that will challenge even experienced chocoholics.
Kallari Chocolate is the only world-class dark chocolate made by indigenous farmers who are 100 percent owners of their own line of chocolate bar. Human rights campaigns, environmental researchers, and discerning food critics have praised the Kallari line of organic gourmet bars for its merits.
The program is sponsored by Sustainable Skidmore, International Affairs, Speakers Bureau, Management and Business, Latin American Studies, Intercultural Studies, Environmental Studies, and the Office of Student Diversity Programs.
