The True History of Chocolate
Cultivated by slaves, consumed by the elite, paid out as a tribute to conquerors, this tale of one of the world's favourite foods draws upon botany, archaeology, socio-economics and culinary history to provide a complete history of chocolate, beginning 3000 years ago in the jungles of Mexico. The...
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Cultivated by slaves, consumed by the elite, paid out as a tribute to conquerors, this tale of one of the world's favourite foods draws upon botany, archaeology, socio-economics and culinary history to provide a complete history of chocolate, beginning 3000 years ago in the jungles of Mexico. The book also includes quotations and old recipes,
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780500282298 (0500282293)
Publish date: October 1st 2000
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Pages no: 280
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Food And Drink,
Food,
Environment,
Nature,
Anthropology,
Cooking,
Food Writing,
Food History,
Microhistory