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# AMA: Ask Me Anything (About Cocoa or Chocolate) #2 – Educating Children
- URL: https://thechocolatelife.com/ama-ask-me-anything-about-cocoa-or-chocolate-2-educating-children/
- Published: 2020-03-29T19:53:30.000Z
- Updated: 2020-12-30T16:16:57.000Z
- Author: Clay Gordon
- Tags: Ask TCL

#### The Question

**If you could tell children *one* fact or general observation about chocolate, what would it be?** 

![brown_rule](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/wordpress/2020/12/brown_rule-120.png)

Over the course of my 25+ year professional interest in chocolate, one thing I yet to be able to find is an aspect of human existence that cannot be connected to chocolate in some way. Chocolate is a *lot* more than the tasty stuff we eat and drink.

One of the things that gets me out of bed each day is that I don’t know what I will be asked to write about, comment on, and/or research that day. The subject areas are as diverse as genetics, \[micro\]biology, economics, the history of exploration and globalism, (and other aspects of history), art, botany, cultural anthropology, sociology, politics, foodways, *even religion*. And then there are chemistry, physics, maths, the physiology of taste, mechanical engineering, sustainability, agriculture, *and I could go on and on*.

Chocolate is so much more than that which we put into our mouths, usually without thinking about its history, where it comes from, or how it is made: Chocolate is a lens through which it is possible to view and explore the world.

**That’s what I would share.**

![brown_rule](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/wordpress/2020/12/brown_rule-120.png)

*What do you think of this answer? Is there anything you think is missing or that needs clarification? Please let me know in the comments.*

***Links to Other AMA/Ask Me Anything Posts in This Series:***

- **[AMA 3 – Why Not W Africa?](https://foodmaven.io/thechocolatelife/ask-tcl/ama-ask-me-anything-about-cocoa-or-chocolate-3-why-not-w-africa-xFcA8YCrNU2ksLUZjOb0lg?ref=thechocolatelife.com)[](https://foodmaven.io/thechocolatelife/ask-tcl/ama-ask-me-anything-about-cocoa-or-chocolate-2-educating-children-6YKtVpkDc0GTf-rgCKEFOA?ref=thechocolatelife.com)**
- **[AMA 1 – Edible Crystals](https://foodmaven.io/thechocolatelife/ask-tcl/ama-ask-me-anything-about-cocoa-or-chocolate-1-edible-crystals-q8vXBebgsUyUyiKpIBsKsw?ref=thechocolatelife.com)**

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Archived Comments

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Comment by: DiscoverChoc

Posted on: Apr 01, 2020

Thank you for the kind words!

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Comment by: Francois Royal

Posted on: Mar 30, 2020

Most beautiful thoughts and true definition about chocolate! my complement to the chef.