**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Webinar via email.**

It’s hard not to smile when there’s chocolate nearby, but behind the deep, rich taste, there’s a whole world of serious (and fascinating) issues. Dive into the world of chocolate, exploring its entanglements with child labor, its aspirations with women-owned cooperatives and the Fair Trade movement, and its intrigues, including corporate espionage. 

ABOUT VICTORIA KICHUK: Victoria has eaten chocolate in and from many different countries—the U.S., Canada, Mexico, the Bahamas, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Italy, France, England, Poland, the United Arab Emirates, Australia, Japan, China, and more. She once walked 11 miles through San Francisco—yes, with all those hills… in one day… in order to visit all of their chocolate shops.

She has worked as a consultant for local chocolatiers, chocolate shop owners, hotels, restaurants, bake shops, and even a chocolate shop in Heidelberg, Germany, helping to brainstorm and conceive of new products and chocolate-related ventures. Victoria has also written about chocolate for international companies like Hotel Chocolat and Lindt. She has presented at M.I.T. and Harvard on the subject of chocolate.

Victoria loves writing about, talking about, teaching, tasting, and sharing her love of chocolate, it’s past and present, with all sorts of people in all sorts of situations. For over a decade, she's been doing exactly that with folks from across the country and multiple continents through virtual programming. Whether it’s taking folks around Boston to show them different dessert highlights in the city, teaching classes about the history of this amazing bean, or hosting tastings with groups of friends who want to learn how to appreciate this fine food in a deeper, more sophisticated way, Victoria truly believes there is no end to what chocolate can do.

RECORDING NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program.

Made possible, in part, by the Groton Public Library Endowment Trust. Presented in cooperation with a variety of other area libraries.

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