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Title: THE TRUE HISTORY OF CHOCOLATE
By: Sophie D. Coe, Michael D. Coe
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0500290687
ISBN 13: 9780500290682
Publisher: THAMES & HUDSON LTD
Pub. date: 1 June, 2013
Edition: 3rd Revised edition
Pages: 280
Description: Chocolate the food of the Gods has had a long and eventful history. This book includes data on the first cultivation of the cacao tree in the northwest Amazon, and the discovery of the chocolate process in southern Mesoamerica, long before the rise of the Olmecs.
Synopsis: Chocolate the food of the Gods has had a long and eventful history. Its story is expertly told here by the doyen of Maya studies, Michael Coe, and his late wife, Sophie. The book begins 3,000 years ago in the Mexican jungles and goes on to draw on aspects of archaeology, botany and socio-economics. Used as currency and traded by the Aztecs, chocolate arrived in Europe via the conquistadors, and was soon a favourite drink with aristocrats. By the 19th century and industrialization, chocolate became a food for the masses until its revival in our own time as a luxury item. The third edition of this classic book includes some tantalizing new data on the first cultivation of the cacao tree in the northwest Amazon, and the discovery of the chocolate process in southern Mesoamerica, long before the rise of the Olmecs. Chocolate has also been giving up some of its secrets to modern neuroscientists, who have been investigating how flavour perception is mediated by the human brain. And, finally, the book closes with two contemporary accounts of how chocolate manufacturers have (or have not) been dealing with the ethical side of the industry.
Illustrations: 99 illustrations, 14 in colour
Publication: UK
Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Returns: Returnable
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