biergut

"Leaving with a sore jaw and acidic aftertaste, we weren’t thrilled with International Food. This eatery seems on the brink of something extraordinary if it can nail down some culinary issues."

Who writes crap like this? Is this 6th grade journalism? "Sore jaw" and "acidic aftertaste" = leagues away from "something extraordinary". The next step up would just be "edible".

have dates for next year's conference been announced?

"No professionals doing this", Mr. Makita said, but I thought it was very well organized. Congrats to all who helped put this together. My request for next year: encourage the restaurants to serve even more authentic foods.

Why is all that stuff in there? just so they can say, and have it parroted, that's it's packed with superfoods (whatever that means)? I can't see those ingredients doing anything but detracting/distracting from the taste of cocoa. Also, I can't recall ever feeling guilty about eating chocolate. I'm with the other poster: simple is good (reaches blind into chocolate drawer and retrieves....a bar of Theo Ghana Fair Trade 84%, which lists ingredients as: "Cocoa beans (Ghana)+, Sugar). Lucky.

...snooty haut monde! harumph.