Chocolate: A Cultural Encyclopedia
- ISBN-10
- 1440876088
- ISBN-13
- 9781440876080
- Series
- Chocolate
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 450
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2022-05-31
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO
- Author
- Ross F. Collins
Description
No food in the world can offer as storied a history as chocolate. Chocolate: A Cultural Encyclopedia focuses on cocoa's history from ancient Mesoamerican beginnings as a symbol of ritual, life, and death, to its omnipresence in Europe, North America, and the rest of the world. In 10 thematic chapters covering chocolate in society and culture, 80 shorter entries, recipes, and a comprehensive timeline, this new book takes a closer look at how chocolate has served as a medicine, an indulgence, a symbol of decadence, a door to romance, a tempting taboo, a means of survival, and a snack for children and adults alike. Why did popes and kings so fear their chocolate? Who invented milk chocolate, and why was its formula kept secret? Why did soldiers in World War II despise their chocolate rations? Who makes the most chocolate today? Find out the answers to these questions and more as this book tells you everything you wanted to know—and a lot you didn't even know existed—about the seed from the world’s favorite fruit tree.
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- 2021-06-29
- 240 pages
- Ebook
- University of Toronto Press
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- 2021
- 234 pages
- Paperback
- University of Toronto Press
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