Rowan Jacobsen’s Wild Chocolate | #PodSaveChocolate Ep78
Episode 78 of #PodSaveChocolate is an interview with Rowan Jacobsen about his new book, “Wild Chocolate: Across the Americas in Search of Cacao’s Soul.” [ Updated on Oct 17th with added links. ]
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Episode 78 Overview
I first crossed paths with Rowan back in 2008 when our books were finalists in the International Association of Culinary Professionals’ Book Awards. (Spoiler alert: Neither of us carried our category – Technical/Reference.)
I was in Bolivia twice in 2010, first in January and then in November. While our paths did not cross that year, an article Rowan wrote on the wild cacao – cacao silvestre – of the Bolivian Amazon was published that same year:
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I remember hearing about the article from Volker Lehmann, the owner of the Hacienda Tranquilidad, the source of the wild Beniano beans used in Felchlin’s Cru Sauvage, and our mutual in-country host and guide.
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My interview with Volker on February 16th.
Some photos I took during my visit to the Hacienda Tranquilidad in 2010.
Rowan and I have kept in touch since, and I had the chance to have lunch with Rowan in Vermont when I was there on a family holiday in, maybe, 2013 or so.
Our paths crossed again when Rowan wrote me saying he was going to be in NYC to do some production on a new podcast series he was working on – on chocolate. We spent the better part of a day in Brooklyn and Manhattan dodging raindrops, visiting three chocolate shops, and discussing many aspects of how to buy chocolate.
In this episode of #PodSaveChocolate we will be talking about his new book:
Wild Chocolate: Across the Americas in Search of Cacao’s Soul
Just released! The publication date was October 8th.
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
Rowan and I discussed this book in the livestream. If you are interested in knowing more about the Beni region of Bolivia, the chocolatales, and other facts about the landscape of the Americas before the arrival of Colombus – natural and man-mediated – this is the book for you. I can also recommend 1493 by the same author.
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