Edits / Food & Drink
Ghraoui chocolate
Bassam Ghraoui and his workers defy the Syrian heat to produce exquisitely packaged, award-winning chocolates and fondants. We join them to find out why, for Ghraoui, the future is orange.
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Business / Food & Drink
Sugar rush
In a sweet market that is all about the tiny details, Royce’ Confect, started in 1983, is now one of Japan’s most beloved chocolatiers. It has charmed its way round Asia and now has its sights on Europe.
Affairs / Food & Drink
Monocolumn
Thursday 26 November
Paradise for chocolate lovers
When the cocoa dust settles and finally we learn who won control of Cadbury, one thing is certain: for the consumers who drive Japan’s 285,000-tonne-a-year chocolate market, it will hardly mean a thing.
Business / Food & Drink
NY Chocolate Show
The Big Apple’s annual ode to chocolate is packed with punters unwrapping exotic bars of the brown stuff from around the world. The push this year – chocolate as a sophisticated and healthy option for a nation that conti…
Design / Architecture
Architecture/Design briefing
Mexico's chocolate museum, Vitsoe's Australian encounter, and a Q&A with Scott Fellows of BassamFellows.
Edits / Retail
Inventory No. 43
Wooden games, fine chocolate, olive oil and extra-slim soap bars are on the Monocle shopping list this month
Business / Industry
Monocolumn
Sunday 25 July
Going against the grain
The ancient Maya may have considered chocolate “the food of the gods”, but corn is the grain that has perennially powered the Mexican masses.
The Entrepreneurs, episode 17
An energy special looking at geothermal power in Palestine, hydroelectricity in Britain’s Lake District and also a visit to a chocolate maker in Brooklyn.
The Monocle Daily, episode 234
Why Benghazi’s police are refusing to work, we learn the reasons behind the recent riot at Folsom prison, and discuss arguably the world’s finest chocolate.
Edits / Food & Drink
My Last Meal: Klaus Biesenbach
Renowned curator Klaus Biesenbach used to live on chocolate bars; thankfully he has something more refined in mind for his ‘last meal’.
Edits / Retail
Christmas gift guide
From chocolates to wooden toys, cameras to candleholders, we’ve scoured the globe for things we’d like to find in the Monocle Christmas stocking.
The Menu, episode 20
Fishing for sea urchins in northern Norway, tasting chocolate in Turin, and we pick our barista of the week.
Edits / Innovation
Inventory no. 61
This month, the natural world brings wood, leather and rare essences to the fore and creates unexpected combinations with chocolate-and-caramel tea and a vodka that starts life with a cow.
Midori House, episode 68
The Italian media model post-Berlusconi, as well as the week’s most interesting business stories and we ask how to pitch product to a chocolate brand.
Midori House, episode 53
We discuss recent developments in Iran and learn why women are finding success in big business. We also sample Denmark’s new type of healthy chocolate.
The Menu, episode 63
We meet Mexican bartenders creating new kinds of drinks inspired by old traditions, visit a hi-tech luxury chocolate factory in San Francisco, and head to Warsaw for a great cup of coffee.
Edits / Entertainment
Monocolumn
Saturday 10 December
Weekend agenda, 10/11 December
This weekend’s highlights include a new pop-up hotel in sunny Mexico, a craft festival in Japan and a music fest to get you out of those pre-Christmas blues.
Business / Innovation
Monocolumn
Sunday 23 May
The brilliance of the flagship store
It’s the fashion world that created the concept of the flagship store, spaces where brands can showcase their ideas in purist perfection.