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Nuts and Dried Fruit make a delicious charoset, a traditional Passover dish symbolizing the mortar* that is a quick and easy recipe that goes on the seder plate.  Usually, I make my charoset [...]

Bob, founder of Bobs Red Mill, is making news these days for making his fabulous natural foods company worker – owned. You can find my original recipe (1990 that I developed for the Teff [...]

For Valentine’s Day, bring on the fair traded organic chocolate for health and pleasure. We honor the cacao farmers by supporting their livelihood and also enhance our health and [...]

For over 30 years, Leslie Cerier, “The Organic Gourmet,” Farm to Table Chef and Recipe Developer  has been teaching culinary nutrition and hands-on vegetarian, vegan and gluten free cooking [...]

Teff is a super food. Paired with cocoa and dark chocolate, these gluten free waffles are loaded with iron, calcium, and magnesium just to mention a few benefits. I like to add a little maca and [...]

A banquet feast of farm to table organic vegetarian dishes; every time I teach, right before we eat, we share our learning experience: cooking with new ingredients. In the photo are vegan, gluten [...]

In my world organic cacao and/or chocolate goes with everything. Even in height of strawberry season, I am thinking about how great these cashew coconut cocoa pops are with fresh strawberries. [...]

You might say, I am a cacao-aholic*. I love very dark chocolate, too. So for my birthday, I made a variation of the Chocolate Chip Çhevre Cheesecake I developed for Equal Exchange. Cacao gives [...]

CHICOPEE, Mass. (Mass Appeal TV August 28, 2014) – Chocolate milk isn’t just for kids! Leslie Cerier, the Organic Gourmet from LeslieCerier.com, showed us how to make a family friendly [...]

The perfect summer popsicle for kids of all ages. Leslie developed this recipe for Equal Exchange and used their organic cashews, cocoa, and honey in the recipe. Absolutely delicious! Copyright © [...]

                          Dark chocolate coconut mousse is delicious anytime of day Serves 4 Ingredients 1 cup organic dark [...]

Chocolate Chip Chevre Cheesecake is all about the YUM! Here is the recipe! Makes 1- 9 inch cheesecake/pie Honey Almond Pie crust Ingredients 1 cup organic almonds 2 tablespoons organic honey 1 [...]

CHICOPEE, Mass. (Mass Appeal TV; February 19, 2014) – Even though watching your weight can be difficult, it doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice the foods you love, like chocolate! Leslie Cerier, [...]

Leslie Cerier, “The Organic Gourmet” on Mass Appeal TV (February 19, 2014) shows how to make delicious organic gluten-free peanut butter chocolate chips cookies with teff flour.

Guest blog post by Kelsie Evans, Equal Exchange Chocolate Products Coordinator. Cacao, the fruit from which the main ingredient in chocolate is derived, grows in beautiful, tropical conditions [...]