Reflections on ten years of sooz.com
I bought the sooz.com domain towards the end of 2000 and this website came to life in 2001 thanks to web designer and developer Makiko Itoh. Maki was writing a book about Javascript at the time and used the work she did on my...
TAZA chocolate Factory Tour: How The Cocoa Winnowing Machine Works
Here's my second of two videos of TAZA chocolate's tour of their chocolate factory in Somerville. In this video, TAZA co-founder Alex Whitmore describes how the cocoa nib winnowing machine works. This is the process of removing the shell off of the cocoa bean. They donate the shells to Groundworks Somerville, a ...
Sooz TV: Tour of TAZA chocolate in Somerville — How The Roaster Works
TAZA chocolate gave tours of their facility in Somerville on December 6th. I've tried to use their chocolate for my truffles and they never turned out all that great. Next time I'll probably use a little less of their choco just to give the truffles a different consistency without overdoing it. I definitely have a...

