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Just give me all your chocolate and no one gets hurt! Billions of us worldwide understand what it means to scream those words. We feel losteven unhingedwithout chocolates pleasures. And if chocolate is the music that makes our days brighter, fine chocolate is the symphonythe richest, most complex form in the chocolate universe. The most important movement in that symphonys centuries-old existence is now beginning. And that future is . . . what? A world of gray monochromatic flavor, or one rich with a rainbow of flavors that capture the myriad pleasures and diversity of the cocoa bean? In the spirit of Michael Pollan's The Omnivores Dilemma, Raising the Bar: The Future of Fine Chocolate tells the story of what that next movement in the fine flavor chocolate symphony might hold. Told in four lively parts covering everything from before the bean to after the bargenetics, farming, manufacturing, and bonbonsthe book features interviews with dozens of international stakeholders across the fine flavor industry to consider the promises and pitfalls ahead. It looks through what is happening today to understand where things are going, while unwrapping the possibilities for the millions and millions of us who believe that life without the very best chocolate is no life at all.