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The True History of Chocolate

By Michael D., Coe, Michael D. Coe, Sophie D. Coe

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| Paperback | 9780500282298

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Book Description

This delightful tale of one of the world's favorite foods draws upon botany, archaeology, socio-economics, and culinary history to present a complete, accurate history of chocolate. "The True History of Chocolate" is the first book to present the real facts of the pre-Spanish history of chocolate, aContinue

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The Road to Kisses

In 1544 Dominican friars took a delegation of Maya nobles to visit Prince Philip of Spain. Among the presents they brought to his court, together with various kinds of chilies, beans, sarsparilla, maize, liquidambar (a plant of the witch hazel family ... (read full critics)

nybooks published on Mon, 23 Aug 2010

2 Reviews

If you're a choco-holic, a choco-lover or simply would like to know more about the "fruit of the Gods", its origin and how it came to be the decadent indulgence we enjoy today, this book is for you! The book is well researched and extremely readable, it keeps you captivated and interested up to the ... (continue)

If you're a choco-holic, a choco-lover or simply would like to know more about the "fruit of the Gods", its origin and how it came to be the decadent indulgence we enjoy today, this book is for you! The book is well researched and extremely readable, it keeps you captivated and interested up to the end.

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Lilyofthevalleys2000 said on Sep 9, 2010 | Add your feedback

I found the early chapters especially fascinating and very inclusive in all aspects though a bit rambling at some points.

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