Bittersweet's Cacao Counseling

Choco-diva Medrich.

Where: San Francisco Art Institute's Studio 18, 800 Chestnut (at Jones)

When: Sun., Jan. 23, 4-5:30 p.m

Cost: Free, but an RSVP is required; e-mail david@bittersweetcafe.com

The rundown: Oakland's Bittersweet Cafe is organizing the coolest college career day maybe ever. Penelope Finnie, who runs the cacao-centric spot, will be joined by cookbook author Alice Medrich, Poco Dolce's Kathy Wiley, Guittard's senior scientist Thalia Hohenthal, and TCHO chocolate maker Zohara Mapes in discussing the many career possibilities in the growing chocolate industry. This information should prove especially useful in the Bay Area, which has truly evolved into ground zero of American independent chocolate thought.

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