REGINA: HI.

I AM REGINA MITCHELL.

>> A LOCAL ALLERGIST SHARES WHY WE MAY BE EXPERIENCING FEWER CASES OF COLD AND FLU THIS YEAR.

>> A NONPROFIT PREPARING THE NEXT GENERATION OF CULINARY PROFESSIONALS.

REGINA: AND HOW AMERICA'’’S OLDEST CANDY STORE MAKES IT SWEET TREAT.

♪ HELLO, EVERYONE.

WELCOME TO THE SHOW.

SHIRLEY: THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS WEEK.

REGINA: YOU ARE GOING TO BE SHOWING OFF YOUR CULINARY SKILLS?

SHIRLEY: I PUT THE LATEST VIRAL RECIPE TO THE TEST.

IT WON'’’T BE THE MAIN COURSE FOR A ROMANTIC DINNER I PLANNED, THAT LEADS US TO OUR FIRST STORY, ALL ABOUT EIGHT NIGHTS, WHICH ARE RARE -- DATE NIGHTS, WHICH ARE RARE THESE DAYS, BUT YOU CAN RENT AN ENTIRE KENSINGTON BOOKSTORE AND HAVE THE PLACE TO YOURSELF.

THERE IS EVEN A WINE AND BEER INCLUDED.

CHECK IT OUT.

♪ THE STORE HAD NOT EVEN BE OPEN A YEAR WHEN COVID HIT.

FOR THE TWO STAFF MEMBERS, NOT KNOWING WHEN THE BOOKSTORE COULD REOPEN WAS SCARY.

LINDA IS KEEPING HER MASK ON, BECAUSE SHE IS INSIDE THE BOOKSTORE.

♪ LINDA: OUR MODEL WAS COMMUNITY-BASED, INTERACTION-BASED.

SINCE THE PANDEMIC, WE WERE TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO INTERACT WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

SHIRLEY: THE PANDEMIC FORCE THEM TO PUT THEIR INVENTORY ONLINE.

-- FORCED HIM TO PUT THEIR INVENTORY ONLINE.

SALES WERE HALF OF WHAT THEY PROJECTED PRE-PANDEMIC.

>> IT IS A STRUGGLE.

WE DO NOT HAVE WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE.

AROUND THE HOLIDAYS, WE ARE JUST TRYING TO GET THROUGH THE YEAR.

>> THE MASTERMIND BEHIND DATE NOT COME SHE DISCOVERED SOMETHING -- DATE NIGHT, SHE DISCOVERED SOMETHING.

SHIRLEY: GO TO IT AND CLICK DATE NIGHT.

>> WE ASKED HIM WHAT MUSIC THEY LIKE, IF THEY DESIRE A BEVERAGE, AND GATHER THAT INFORMATION AND CULTIVATE AN EVENING BASED ON THEIR TASTES, A PLAYLIST ON THE BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS, BOOKS THEY WANT TO SEE IN THE STORE, AND A TABLE FOR TWO, TWO GLASSES, LIBRARY CARDS LIKE OLD DAYS.

THEY CAN BRING THEIR OWN FOOD.

IT IS THEY ARE TO HAVE A DATE, BROWSE BOOKS, AND BE ALONE IN THE SPACE.

SHIRLEY: THE IDEA IS TAKING OFF.

DATE NIGHTS ARE ALREADY BOOKED THROUGH SUMMER.

>> THE COMMUNITY MADE TO STEAL IT WAS POSSIBLE, EVEN THOUGH THE END OF OUR FIRST YEAR WAS NOT THE CELEBRATION WE ENVISIONED.

♪ >> BECAUSE DEMAND IS HIGH, INCREASING, WE WILL TRY TO OPEN UP NEW SPACES WITH THE NICER WEATHER.

>> WE ARE THANKFUL PEOPLE SEEM TO HAVE REALLY RESPONDED TO IT.

I THINK IT SHOWS HOW PATIENT THEY ARE.

OBVIOUSLY, WAITING A FEW MONTHS, YOU, THE ANTICIPATION IS BUILDING, AND I APPRECIATE HOW PEOPLE ARE THINKING LONG-TERM AND WANT TO SUPPORT A BUSINESS.

♪ [LAUGHTER] SHIRLEY: SHE SAYS IF DEMAND CALLS FOR IT, THEY WILL KEEP DATE NIGHT GOING PAST THE PANDEMIC.

DATE NIGHTS COST BETWEEN $65 AND $80, DEPENDING ON 1.5 HOURS OR TWO HOURS, AND YOU GET 15% OFF ANY BOOK YOU BUY AT THE END OF THE NIGHT.

HAVE YOU THROWN OUT COLD AND FLU MEDICINE?

REGINA: YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

MANY OF US ARE NOT GETTING THE SAME SYMPTOMS THAT COME WITH THE SEASON LIKE WE USED TO, AND WE WANTED TO KNOW WHY, SO WE MADE AND APPOINTED WITH THE LOCAL DOCTOR.

>> WE HAVE BEEN SEEING LESS PEOPLE WITH COLDS AND INFECTIONS .

FEBRUARY AND JANUARY ARE PRIME TIMES FOR COLDS AND FLU'’’S, AND I MAY HAVE SEEN TWO CASES OF FLU SINCE 2020 AND THIS YEAR.

I ATTRIBUTE THAT TO OUR MECHANISMS WE ARE UTILIZING TO AVOID THE COVID VIRUS, THEN A FITTING US, PREVENTING OTHER ILLNESSES, WHICH ARE MOSTLY VIRUSES THAT ATTACK US.

I THINK PEOPLE HAVE BECOME MORE AWARE OF HOW VIRUSES ARE SPREAD THROUGH RESPIRATORY DROPS.

I ALWAYS SAY THESE ARE LIKE SPOONS AND SHOVELS, OK, THAT DELIVER US THE GERMS, AND REALLY , THERE ARE ONLY A FEW PLACES GERMS CAN GET INTO YOUR BODY, OK?

THE NOSE, THE MOUTH, OR THE EYES.

I WILL TELL YOU, IF WE WERE PRACTICING THESE THINGS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, WE WOULD HAVE LESS COLDS, USING LESS ANTIBIOTICS, LESS DOWNTIME, MORE QUALITY IN OUR LIVES.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT TOOK THE PANDEMIC TO BRING THAT ACROSS.

MOVING FORWARD, I THINK MAYBE WE WILL BE MORE CAUTIOUS HIM AND MAYBE WE WILL HAVE LESS OF -- MORE CAUTIOUS, AND MAYBE WE WILL HAVE LESS OF THESE COLDS, WORK OUR WAYS BACK INTO OUR SOCIAL LIVES AND FIND COME YOU KNOW, -- FIND, YOU KNOW, THAT COLDS AND VIRUSES WILL ONCE AGAIN BE A PART OF IT.

BUT YOU KNOW, IT IS ALL ABOUT BEING HUMAN, I GUESS.

REGINA: HE SAYS IF YOU'’’RE NOT SURE YOU ARE EXPERIENCING THE FLU OR ALLERGIES, MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH YOUR DOCTOR.

SHIRLEY: WE WOMEN OFTEN NEED OUR SISTERS TO NAVIGATE THE UPS AND DOWNS OF LIFE.

ONE OUTREACH CENTER'’’S UPCOMING CONFERENCE WILL GIVE GIRLS AND WOMEN CHANCE TO COME TOGETHER, CHAT, SHARE, AND SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER.

>> THIS CONFERENCE IS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF NATIONAL WOMEN'’’S AND GIRLS HIV/AIDS AWARENESS DAY, SO WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR EACH AGE GROUP, MARCH 10 THROUGH MARCH 13, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10 WILL BE THE SISTERS AND SOMETHING ELSE.

MARCH 11, 13-YEAR-OLDS TO 17-YEAR-OLDS.

WE HAVE A PAIR OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

ON FRIDAY, OUR QUEENS COURT, A DOCTOR WILL BE OUR SPEAKER FOR THE EVENING, AND SHE IS WONDERFUL OVER THE YEARS.

SHE HAS BEEN A FACILITATOR A FEW TIMES.

SHIRLEY: THERE WILL BE SURPRISES AND PRIZES.

THE FIRST THREE DAYS ARE FREE, BUT THERE IS A 25-DOLLAR FEE PER DEVICE.

HERE IS HOW YOU CAN REGISTER AND LEARN MORE.

♪ >> WHEN LIFE HANDS YOU LEMONS, THEY SAY MAKE LEMONADE.

ONE DAY TOOK THAT THE HEART, STARTING ELIMINATE BUSINESS SO SUCCESSFUL IT MAY COME TO A CORNER NEAR YOU.

>> IT STARTED IN 2017, I WENT TO MY MOM AND SAID, I WANT A JOB, BUT NOT ANY SPECIFIC JOB.

I WANTED MY OWN COMPANY WITH MY UN-BUSINESS.

>> THIS 10-YEAR-OLD KNOWS WHAT HE WANTS, AND IS NOT AFRAID TO GO AFTER IT, SO IT IS NOT A SURPRISE HE STARTED SELLING LEMONADE ON HIS FRONT PORCH, AND IT DID NOT END THERE.

AFTER POSTING INSTAGRAM PICTURES, HIS JOB TOOK OFF, WITH HIS MOM'’’S HELP, AND ABLE TO STREAMLINE IT, CREATE PACKAGING WITH HIS SIGNATURE LOGO, AND BECOME SOMEWHAT OF A LOCAL CELEBRITY.

>> WHILE I WAS IN CHOIR, BEFORE I LEFT, THE TEACHER STARTED GRADUATING ME -- CONGRATULATING ME BECAUSE THEY LEARNED ABOUT ME IN THE NEWSPAPER, SO I FELT VERY HAPPY.

>> DESPITE THE PANDEMIC AND WINTER, HIS LEMONADE SALES HAVE SHOWN NO SIGN OF GOING SOUR.

BY SPRING, HE IS HOPING TO TAKE HIS SHOW ON THE ROAD.

HOW DID YOU GET A FOOD TRUCK?

>> OUR FIRST INTENTION WAS A TRAILER, BUT MY MOM SAID SHE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CONTROL THAT WITHOUT HITTING EVERYTHING, SO WE DECIDED TO GO BIG OR GO HOME COME SO WE GOT A BUS.

-- HOME, SO WE GOT A BUS.

>> WITH THE HELP OF DONATIONS IN THEIR WEBPAGE, THEY PLAN TO TURN THIS INTO THEIR NEW LEMONADE STAND, AND OFFER FOOD WITH THE DRINKS LIKE MACARONI AND CHEESE.

AND, A FEW OTHER THINGS, ALL TO KEEP THIS BUSINESS GROWING WITH THE CEO.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?

>> THAT IS A QUESTION A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK ME, AND AT THE MOMENT, I DON'’’T HAVE AN ANSWER.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK ME THAT.

I AM ONLY 10 YEARS OLD.

I STILL HAVE A LOT OF YEARS AHEAD OF ME TO DECIDE WHAT I WANT TO BE.

♪ SHIRLEY: HE IS HOPING TO HAVE HIS FOOD TRUCK RUNNING THIS SUMMER.

HE IS STILL WORKING ON THE MENU, BUT HE IS REALLY TRYING TO HAVE HIS FAVORITE SNACKS, ONE OF WHICH IS POPCORN.

IF YOU EVER WANTED TO BE A CHEF OR WORK IN THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY, NOW IS YOUR CHANCE.

THE FOOD BANK OF DELAWARE IS CURRENTLY ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR ITS 14-WEEK, FREE TRAINING PROGRAM.

STUDENTS WILL LEARN BASIC AND HIGH-END KITCHEN SKILLS FROM CHEF INSTRUCTORS AT THE NONPROFITS TRAINING COMMISSION -- FACILITY, AND GET REAL-WORLD HANDS-ON TRAINING DEAR A TWO-WEEK PAID WORK EXPERIENCE.

>> WE TEACH THEM HOW TO PROPERLY USE A KNIFE.

HOW DO SAUTE, FRY, BAKE, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, FOOD SAFETY.

OUR STUDENTS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE CERTIFIED, A CREDENTIAL THAT RESTAURANTS ARE LOOKING FOR WHEN HIRING EMPLOYEES.

THE CULINARY SCHOOL PREPARES STUDENTS FOR ENTRY-LEVEL POSITIONS IN THE FOOD SERVICE INDUSTRY.

WE KNOW THAT INDUSTRY IS CURRENTLY HURTING AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT SECTORS WITHIN THE INDUSTRY FOR OUR STUDENTS TO GO INTO, HEALTH CARE SETTING, NURSING HOME, AND WE KNOW THAT, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE RESTAURANTS HAVE WELL-TRAINED EMPLOYEES FOR WHEN BUSINESS PICKS BACK UP.

WE HAVE STUDENTS FROM DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE, INDIVIDUALS REENTERING SOCIETY FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, ADULTS WHO MAY HAVE LEARNING DISABILITIES.

WE REALLY HAVE A VARIETY OF STUDENTS WHO COME, BECAUSE THEY WANT TO PURSUE THEIR PASSION.

SHIRLEY: STUDENTS WILL ALSO RECEIVE JOB PLACEMENT HELP, UNIFORM, TEXTBOOK, CHEFS KNIFE, AND TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM CLASS.

CLASSES BEGIN MARCH 22, MEETING REMOTELY AND SMALL IN-PERSON GROUPS, SO GET THOSE APPLICATIONS IN ASAP.

>> PEOPLE ASK, DON'’’T YOU GET SICK OF CHOCOLATE?

HOW COULD I?

THERE IS AN ENDLESS AMOUNT THEM AND IT IS ALL DIFFERENT, AND I TASTED ALL SO HOW COULD GET SICK OF IT?

SHIRLEY: MORE ON THIS SWEET TREAT, LATER ON.

♪ REGINA: MARCH IS WOMEN'’’S HISTORY MONTH, AND FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN, THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY WAS TWOFOLD.

ONE PERSON IS HERE WITH MORE.

HI.

>> I HAVE A COOL STORY I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU.

RECENTLY, SHE REFUSED TO GIVE UP HER BUS SEAT TO A WHITE MAN IN JIM CROW SOUTH, PIVOTAL ROLE THAT HELP SHAPE AMERICAN LIFE AS WE KNOW IT, BUT THERE WAS A SIMILAR SITUATION PRIOR, WERE BLACK MEN WERE ON THE FRONT LINES, AND ONE OF THESE WOMEN WAS CAROLINE.

SHE WAS A PROMINENT FIGURE IN A BLACK COMMUNITY.

SHE WAS AN EDUCATOR AND ACTIVIST, AND AROUND THIS TIME, BLACK PEOPLE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO RIDE STREETCARS, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, AND COULD RESULT IN A PHYSICAL ASSAULT FROM THE CONDUCTOR.

THE ACCOUNT WAS ONE ACTIVIST WHO GOT ON THE STREETCAR AND RISK HARM TO STAND AGAINST RACIST POLICY.

SHE WASN'’’T THE ONLY ONE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE STORY, AND THE FIGHT EVENTUALLY ENDED SEGREGATION.

TO LEARN MORE, CHECK ME OUT ONLINE.

YOU WILL FIND THIS AND OTHER STORIES.

THAT IS ALL I HAVE GOT FOR NOW.

TALK TO YOU LATER.

PEACE.

♪ REGINA: LOSING SOMEONE TO GUN VIOLENCE TAKES AN IMMENSE TOLL ON LUG LANDS.

ONE PROJECT SEEKS TO BRING PEACE AND AWARENESS THROUGH ART.

♪ >> THE HARDEST PART OF MY DAY IS WAKING UP.

MY GRANDSON WAS THREE MONTHS OLD.

HE WILL NOT REMEMBER HIS FATHER TOLD HIM BEFORE HE WAS BRUTALLY MURDERED -- HELD HIM BEFORE HE WAS REALLY MURDERED.

HE WOULD ALWAYS HAVE A NEW PAIR OF SNEAKERS, SO THEY WERE ALWAYS FRESH.

>> PEOPLE HAVE MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT HOW THE GUN VIOLENCE OCCURS.

THERE ARE MANY INSTANCES OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY AND ARGUMENTS THAT GO WRONG, A LOT OF ACCIDENTAL SHOOTINGS.

I HAD AN IDEA TO MAKE PORTRAITS OF VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE, WHERE THE ARTIST WOULD MEET WITH THE FAMILY AND CREATE A PORTRAIT IN THEIR OWN STYLE AND INTERPRETATION OF THAT PERSON'’’S LIFE.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL THE FAMILY MEMBER FEELS WE CAN LISTEN TO THE STORY OF THE LIFE OF THEIR LOVED ONES AND WHAT THEY MEANT TO THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM.

THE FOCUS IS ON THE PERSON AND HOW THEY LIVED.

I THINK IT IS REALLY BASED ON WHAT THE ARTIST IS BRINGING TO IT, AND WHAT THEY ARE GETTING FROM THE FAMILY.

>> THE MISSION OF THIS PROJECT IS TO GET PEOPLE TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LOST TO GUN VIOLENCE EVERY DAY.

THE OTHER AFFECT IS TO BRING -- THE OTHER AFFECT WE HAVE IS TO BRING SOLACE TO THE FAMILIES.

>> MY SON WAS VERY LOVING.

HE ALWAYS JUST WANTED FAMILY.

WHEN THEY DID TELL ME, THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE THEY COULD DO FOR HIM, I LET THEM KNOW HE WAS AN ORGAN DONOR.

SHE ACTUALLY LISTEN TO ME, TURNING MY PAIN INTO A PURPOSE.

>> I HEARD ABOUT THE PROJECT THROUGH A GROUP, WHO TOLD ME WHAT THE PROJECT WAS ABOUT, TO GIVE LIFE TO OUR LOVED ONES LOST THROUGH THESE PAINTINGS.

WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER, HE WOULD NEVER SMILE.

AFTER THE NOTICE THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE A FATHER, FROM THAT DAY ON, HE JUST SMILED ALL THE TIME.

HE SAID HE WANTED TO BE THE KIND OF FATHER THAT HIS FATHER WAS TO HIM.

I WAS AFRAID OF THE PORTRAIT.

I KEPT SAYING THAT IS NOT MY SON.

THAT IS NOT MY SON.

I WAITED TO LOOK AT IT ON AND HE WAS SURROUNDED BY HIS FAMILY.

HE WAS SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE THAT HE LOVED.

THAT PORTRAIT MADE ME ACCEPT THE FACT THAT MY SON WAS NOT COMING BACK, AND I LOVE IT.

I LOVE THAT PORTRAIT.

THAT IS SOMETHING HE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT, HE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE AROUND HIS FAMILY.

>> WHENEVER SHE SEES THIS IMAGE OF HIM, IT BRINGS HIM TO LIFE.

>> I FEEL HONORED TO PROVIDE A PORTRAIT AND TO PORTRAY THEIR STORY.

MY EXPERIENCE IS THESE MOMS ARE STRONG WOMEN WHO HAVE DONE EVERYTHING RIGHT RAISING THEIR KIDS, AND THE EXISTENCE OF GUNS EVERYWHERE, IT IS AN INJUSTICE.

THIS PROJECT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE I AM NOT A MARCHER, AND ACTIVIST, BUT I AM AN ARTIST, AND I AM OUTRAGED BY GUN VIOLENCE, AND THIS IS SOMETHING I CAN DO, AND EVERY ARTIST THAT WORKS WITH US IS EQUALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS.

♪ REGINA: THE PROJECT CONTINUES TO BRING AWARENESS TO ISSUES OF GUN VIOLENCE.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE.

SHIRLEY: EATING PRACTICALLY EVERY MEAL AT HOME, I'’’M RUNNING OUT OF IDEAS WHAT TO MAKE.

I RAN ACROSS THIS TOMATO PASTA DISH ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA, I DECIDED TO TRY AND SEE IF IT WAS GOOD.

I DECIDED TO MAKE THAT TOMATO PASTA DISH.

YES, THAT RECIPE THAT HAS GONE VIRAL.

I HAVE MY GRAPE TOMATOES AND FETA, SO LET'’’S GET STARTED.

HE PUT THE TOMATOES INTO A LARGE BAKING DISH.

I -- WE START BY PUTTING THE TOMATOES INTO LARGE BAKING DISH.

I LOVE GARLIC.

THEN, EIGHT OUNCES OF FETA.

LIBERALLY DRIZZLE OLIVE OIL OVER EVERYTHING AND SEASON WITH SALT AND PEPPER.

I LIKE PEPPER.

AND OREGANO.

PUT IT IN A 400-DEGREE OVEN FOR 35 MINUTES.

WHILE THE TO MEADOWS -- THE TOMATOES AND FETA ARE BAKING, BOIL YOUR PASTA.

NOW WE WILL TAKE IT OUT OF THE OVEN.

♪ MASH THE TOMATOES, GARLIC, AND FETA.

THE DOCTOR IS CREAMY --FETA IS CREAMY AND ASKED LIKE A SAUCE.

NOW FOR SOME FRESH BASIL.

♪ IT HAS SUCH A STRONG FLAVOR.

I THOUGHT THE TASTE OF THE FETA WOULD OVERPOWER THE PASTA, BUT LET'’’S GIVE IT A TRY.

♪ IT IS PRETTY GOOD.

NOT MY FAVORITE, THOUGH, BUT, I DON'’’T KNOW, SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

IT DOES NOT TASTE BAD JUST, AH, I DON'’’T PERSONALLY LOVE IT.

THERE YOU GO.

I WILL EAT IT, THOUGH.

♪ IT WAS HARD TO DESCRIBE HOW IT TASTED IN THE MOMENT, BUT IT IS A LOT LIKE A PASTA SALAD, JUST MORE.

IT MAKES A LOT, SO I WILL NOT BE MAKING IT AGAIN SOON, BUT I RECOMMEND TRYING IT OUT.

REGINA: CHOCOLATE -- THIS TYPE OF CHOCOLATE HAS BEEN AROUND FOR SOME TIME, SO WHAT GOES INTO MAKING A DELICIOUS BAR OF CHOCOLATE?

WE VISITED A LOCAL PHILADELPHIA CANDY STORE TO FIND OUT.

♪ >> WILL COME TO AMERICA'’’S OLDEST, CONTINUOUSLY-OPERATED CANDY STORE, SINCE 1863.

CHOCOLATE AS CANDY IS THE RESULT OF INDUSTRIALIZATION, AND IS ONLY THE LAST 200 YEARS.

♪ PRIOR TO THAT, CHOCOLATE EXISTS AS DRINKING CHOCOLATE.

INDUSTRIALIZATION BROUGHT THIS WAVE OF CHOCOLATE MAKING, MAKING A CHOCOLATE BAR THAT TASTES THE SAME, CHEAP, ACCESSIBLE.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOST WAS FLAVOR, HIGHLIGHTING WHAT CHOCOLATE CAN BE.

♪ ONE QUESTION IS HOW IT IS BEING USED.

IN A CONFECTION RECIPE, YOU DON'’’T WANT IT TO BE THE SIDESHOW, YOU WANTED TO BE THE SUPPORTING CAST.

YOU HAVE TO LET THE BEAN SING A LITTLE BIT.

THE DEFINITION PEOPLE WOULD USE, IS CHOCOLATE MADE ON A SMALL SCALE, RATHER THAN AN INDUSTRIAL SCALE.

WE HAND-SORE ANY BEAN TOO SMALL.

WE ROAST.

COCOA BEANS ROAST SLOWER, LOWER.

WITH COFFEE, YOU CAN DO IT HARDER AND CAUGHT A DARK ROAST, LESS, AND CAUGHT A LIGHT POST.

COCOA, IF YOU DON'’’T HIT IT RIGHT, JUST MAKES BAD CHOCOLATE.

♪ THE COCOA BEING IS SURROUNDED BY HUSK, WHICH DOES NOT TASTE GOOD, SO WE HAVE TO GET RID OF IT.

WE USE VACUUM PRESSURE TO TAKE THE HUSKS AWAY, AND THEY FALL INTO BOOKLET WHERE WE COLLECT THEM.

WE TAKE THEM AND PUT THEM IN A MACHINE.

THE MACHINE IS A GRANITE-BASED WHEEL.

OVER SEVERAL DAYS, CRUSHING IT TO A LIQUID PASTE.

♪ WE REFINE THREE DAYS TO SIX DAYS, THEN HAVE A FINISHED CHOCOLATE DOOR, AND WE HAND-FOIL , HAND-WRAP EVERY BAR.

♪ I THINK GENERALLY PEOPLE PICK UP A CHOCOLATE BAR AND SAY, CANDY, NOT A PLANT SOMEBODY GREW AND SPENT PROBABLY GENERATIONS PERFECTING.

♪ COCOA BEANS ALL TASTE DIFFERENT.

THEY HAVE THEIR OWN UNIQUE STORY, AND THE PEOPLE BEHIND THEM HAVE THEIR OWN UNIQUE STORIES, AND ONE REASON WE DO THIS IS TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.

WE WANT TO BRING PEOPLE CLOSER TO HOW THIS CHOCOLATE BAR GOT HERE.

PEOPLE OFTEN RHETORICALLY ASKED, DON'’’T YOU GET SICK OF CHOCOLATE?

HOW COULD I?

THERE ARE ENDLESS AMOUNTS OF DIFFERENT COCOA, SO I TASTE THEM ALL.

HOW COULD I GET SICK OF IT?

♪ REGINA: THEY OFFER LOCAL DELIVERIES, AND THEIR PICKUP WINDOW IS OPEN FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, THERE IS A LINK ON OUR WEBSITE.

SHIRLEY: WE HAVE HAD DINNER AND DESSERT, SO IT IS TIME TO SAY GOODBYE.

REGINA: THANK YOU FOR TUNING IN.

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.

COULD NOT, EVERYONE.

♪ -- GOOD NIGHT, EVERYONE.

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