This Portland Chef is Eliminating Waste By Cooking With Cacao Pulp and Juice

Cacao juice, a byproduct of chocolate production, is a favorite ingredient of Matt Christianson, who embraces sustainable ingredients and practices as executive chef at Portland’s Urban Farmer. Christianson, who grows produce in a rooftop garden and in his basement hydroponic and aquaponic gardens, and has an apiary to make honey, gets frozen blocks of cacao pulp from Portland chocolate manufactory Woodblock Chocolate. The pulp, which...