A Dark History of Chocolate - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Dark History of Chocolate write by Emma Kay. This book was released on 2021-11-01. A Dark History of Chocolate available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A Dark History of Chocolate looks at our long relationship with this ancient ‘food of the Gods’. The book examines the impact of the cocoa bean trade on the economies of Britain and the rest of Europe, as well as its influence on health, cultural and social trends over the centuries. Renowned food historian Emma Kay takes a look behind the façade of chocolate – first as a hot drink and then as a sweet – delving into the murky and mysterious aspects of its phenomenal global growth, from a much-prized hot beverage in pre-Colombian Central America to becoming an integral part of the cultural fabric of modern life. From the seductive corridors of Versailles, serial killers, witchcraft, medicine and war to its manufacturers, the street sellers, criminal gangs, explorers and the arts, chocolate has played a significant role in some of the world’s deadliest and gruesome histories. If you thought chocolate was all Easter bunnies, romance and gratuity, then you only know half the story. This most ancient of foods has a heritage rooted in exploitation, temptation and mystery. With the power to be both life-giving and ruinous.
The True History of Chocolate: Third Edition
The True History of Chocolate: Third Edition - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The True History of Chocolate: Third Edition write by Sophie D. Coe. This book was released on 2013-06-28. The True History of Chocolate: Third Edition available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “A beautifully written . . . and illustrated history of the Food of the Gods, from the Olmecs to present-day developments.”—Chocolatier This delightful tale of one of the world’s favorite foods draws on botany, archaeology, and culinary history to present a complete and accurate history of chocolate. It begins some 4,000 years ago in the jungles of Mexico and Central America with the chocolate tree, Theobroma Cacao, and the complex processes necessary to transform its bitter seeds into what is now known as chocolate. This was centuries before chocolate was consumed in generally unsweetened liquid form and used as currency by the Maya and the Aztecs after them. The Spanish conquest of Central America introduced chocolate to Europe, where it first became the drink of kings and aristocrats and then was popularized in coffeehouses. Industrialization in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries made chocolate available to all, and now, in our own time, it has become once again a luxury item. The third edition includes new photographs and revisions throughout that reflect the latest scholarship. A new final chapter on a Guatemalan chocolate producer, located within the Pacific coastal area where chocolate was first invented, brings the volume up-to-date.
The Book of Chocolate
The Book of Chocolate - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Book of Chocolate write by Harvey P. Newquist. This book was released on 2017. The Book of Chocolate available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "From its origin as the sacred, bitter drink of South American rulers to the familiar candy bars sold by today's multimillion dollar businesses, people everywhere have fallen in love with chocolate, the world's favorite flavor...Join science author HP Newquist as he explores chocolate's fascinating history."--
Bitter Chocolate
Bitter Chocolate - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Bitter Chocolate write by Carol Off. This book was released on 2008. Bitter Chocolate available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 'You'll never look at chocolate the same way again.' Quill & Quire (Canada) Chocolate is synonymous with pleasure, but the real story of chocolate is often far from sweet. Bitter Chocolate begins by tracing the fascinating origins and lore of the cocoa craze while showing that exploitation and inequity have always been closely tied to chocolate production throughout its long history. The modern heart of Bitter Chocolate is Carol Off's inside look at the situation in the Ivory Coast in West Africa, which produces nearly half of the world's cocoa beans. Ground-breaking and eye-opening, Bitter Chocolate is a social history, a passionate, personal investigative account and a brave exposé of the workings of a multi-billion-dollar industry that has institutionalised misery as it has served our pleasures.
The New Taste of Chocolate
The New Taste of Chocolate - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The New Taste of Chocolate write by Maricel E. Presilla. This book was released on 2009. The New Taste of Chocolate available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Updated with new chapters on the environmental and geopolitical impact of cacao production and the latest health findings, a visual reference incorporates new photography and 30 original or revised recipes for chocolate foods ranging from the sweet to the savory.
