Heirloom Cacao Preservation

Closing one door, opening another: Dancing Lion’s final days and HCP’s global mission

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After 30 years of dynamic cutting-edge culinary influence shaping the chocolate culture of not only New England but across the country – and the world – Richard Tango-Lowy, along with his coterie of artists, chefs, apprentices and chocolatiers at downtown Manchester’s Dancing Lion Chocolate, are preparing for their final week of operations, hanging up their chocolatiering coats in search of new ventures. 

A Masterpiece Complete: Sweet farewell of Dancing Lion Chocolate

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This isn’t a story of failure, but of completion. Tango-Lowy is closing the shop because his “piece of art,” as he calls it, is finally finished. In his final days behind the counter, he unspooled a series of profound lessons that reveal the universe hiding within every cacao bean, transforming our understanding of this everyday food into a complex nexus of art, science, history, and human connection.

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