Dark, milk or white; pralines, truffles or creamy hot chocolate; this is a sensual of foods. Chocolate expert Sara Jayne Stanes tells you all you need to know to enjoy it to the full, from how to cook with it to where to buy it. She invites you on a tour through the world of chocolate.

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Consuming Passions: Chocolate

As Easter approaches, food writer and Registered Nutritionist Joy Skipper reflects on her passion for chocolate and shares findings from her recent travels around southern India, visiting cacao plantations and chocolate makers.

Digging up the history of hot chocolate

Canadian heritage consultant (and hot chocolate aficionado) Jane Severs writes about how a few delicate 17th-century porcelain fragments uncovered at an archaeological site in Newfoundland led her to unravel the history of chocolate in the New World.

So you think you know ... chocolate

Are you a mere chocaholic or a borderline chocolatier? How deep does your chocolate knowledge go? Take our quiz, created in partnership with artisanal chocolate maker Guittard Chocolate Company, to find out how much you really know.

Learning With Experts: A delicious way to learn

Learning With Experts is the ultimate online classroom for people who are keen to sharpen their skills in a number of life-enhancing subjects, including gardening, photography, floristry – and food & drink. Find out about some of the courses on offer in this guest post from Learning With Experts, and see how this hands-on skills training can help you get the most from ckbk’s huge range of cookbooks.