May 9, 2016 | Cook's Blog
I met Tavake Tonga last year after first meeting his daughter Evelyn when she was here for King George Tupou VI’s coronation. She was in from Switzerland, and we struck up a conversation. Turns out, her father ran Tonga’s vanilla operations for...
May 2, 2016 | Cook's Blog
Vanilla is the talk of the islands here in Tonga, with plans underway for additional planting of the royal lands in Vava’o and ‘Eua. We are working hard to increase production through the existing infrastructure: the vines are here, the knowledge is here, and the...
Apr 21, 2016 | Cook's Blog
We discovered old slides tracing our 100 years in the vanilla business. Take a look: This is the second Lochhead vanilla factory in St. Louis. The first burned down, and Angus Tulloch Lochhead went out selling anyway, fulfilling orders and saving money until he could...
Apr 21, 2016 | Cook's Blog
Do you like our new look? Today we launched our brand-new website: shop, browse, explore new recipes (which include savory uses of vanilla—how about curried duck with vanilla?), get to know our family history, and learn more about vanilla and how flavorings are...
Apr 21, 2016 | Cook's Blog
Greetings from the beautiful South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga, where we’ve been on the ground for the past two months talking with our growers, overseeing harvest, revitalizing our curing operations, and even meeting with the queen and king. We have been buying beans...
Apr 21, 2016 | Cook's Blog
I grew up in the family vanilla factory. When I was young, I remember the excitement of a new flavor in the Cook’s lab. My grandfather, Raymond Lochhead, a Chemical Engineer from Cal Tech and unmatched vanilla expert, would come out of the lab with little Dixie cups...
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