News, notes, recommendations and more from around Santa Cruz County food & drink via Lookout correspondent Lily Belli.

Gabriela Glueck, Good Food's Julia Child reporting fellow, visited California Cultured to find out how lab-grown chocolate is ...

As we near Valentine’s Day, we also wonder, how and when did chocolates become an indispensable part of Valentine celebrations?

Here’s how to add chocolatey flavor to dessert drinks or classic cocktails with chocolate liqueur, creme de cacao, chocolate ...

In honor of the tradition of lovers exchanging candy on Valentine’s Day, we examine the origins of chocolate and how it has ...

Another popular spot for hot cocoa with children is The Corner Room, for a $5 10-ounce mug. Jake Nyman, the general manager, ...

Antoinette’s headaches with chocolate. This sweet even appeared in European hospital prescriptions! Medicinal use of ...

Can chocolate protect your heart Scientists investigate dark chocolate’s potential cardiovascular benefits while exposing ...

Chocolate can be a surprisingly versatile cocktail ingredient and can give cocktails a rich depth of flavor. With all of the ...

Each year, lovebirds purchase about 58 million pounds of the stuff for Valentine’s Day, so why not you? After all, chocolate ...

For hundreds of years, people have turned to chocolate to boost heart health. Back in the 1500s, the indigenous Aztec people ...

We tend to associate chocolate with Valentine’s Day. Americans will spend billions of dollars for that holiday this Friday, ...