Vanessa visits Mr. Gene’s Beans in Fairhope to learn more about the shop and how to make its signature Fairhope Float.

WASHINGTON — In the movie “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” Mr. Wonka, wearing a long velvet jacket and a top hat, leads Charlie on a tour of the colorful factory, which features a chocolate ...

Life might be like a box of chocolates, but it was thinking outside of that box that brought our area its first bean-to-bar chocolate makers. In 2016, Sara Nelson began visiting Costa Rica to learn ...