Ensure that the cocoa has not been bulked up with flour or cheaper ingredients. The best variety, known as Caracas, is from Venezuela. Mix cocoa with hot milk or boiling water to make a drink ...

Chocolate is made by roasting and grinding up cocoa beans to yield chocolate 'liquor ... There are hundreds of chocolate cake recipes and variations, including the classic Black Forest gâteau ...

Exchange the ground cinnamon and vanilla extract for 1 cinnamon stick and ¼ vanilla bean. Add all of the ingredients to a saucepan. Gently heat mixture to just below boiling for about 10 minutes.

To one bowl, add rum and cocoa powder, and knead into dough until ... cookie to leave a shallow indent and create shape of fava bean. Bake, switching racks and rotating baking sheets halfway ...