by J. Michael Wheeler
You like chocolate? You know a bit about chocolate? You need to listen to Jon Miller's terrific piece on American Public Media's Marketplace, as part of their Working series. Miller's wife told him one "of her colleagues told her about an eccentric Frenchwoman with an incredible sense of smell who travels the world as a freelance chocolate taster. She charges thousands of dollars a day but prefers not to sample more than four chocolates in a sitting."
He looked her up:
It turns out that Doutre-Roussel is the closest thing to a rock star in the world of fine chocolate. The New York Times called her a "goddess."
Learn about this woman, learn how she tastes chocolate (she consumes about a pound a day), and how the business of chocolate is evolving.
I have a deep desire for justice. So I try to create awareness about what is wrong and what could be done to make it choco-better. — Chloé Doutre-Roussel, Chocolate Taster
Read and Listen to the Marketplace story: Chloé Doutre-Roussel, Chocolate Taster
Buy her book: The Chocolate Connoisseur
Visit her web site: Chloe Chocolat
