Cocoa

Supply challenges in West Africa driving record prices.

Food companies have been importing cocoa to the U.S. harvested by child laborers in African farms. Can they be sued for human rights violations?

Michael Gabriel from Rock Center Café offers recipes for a spiked hot cocoa and a hot toddy, while Scott Turnbull of Solbar at Solage Calistoga gives his recipe for something to ease the aftermath of the evening’s revelries.

A California family made a startling discovery in their backyard Monday when they spotted a hungry mama bear and her cubs helping themselves to some trashed Cocoa Krispies on their patio.

World Vision is urging consumers to think twice about the kind of chocolate they buy, due to child labour on cocoa farms.

Consuming cocoa every day could help reduce the effects of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a condition involving memory loss that can precede dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.