@article{808049, author = {Newquist, H. P.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/808049}, title = {The book of chocolate : the amazing story of the world's favorite candy /}, abstract = {Chocolate . . . - Its scientific name means food of the gods. - The Aztecs mixed it with blood and gave it to sacrificial victims to drink.- The entire town of Hershey, Pennsylvania was built by Milton Hershey to support his chocolate factory. Its streetlights are shaped like chocolate Kisses.- The first men to climb to the top of Mount Everest buried a chocolate bar there as an offering to the gods of the mountain.- Every twenty-four hours, the U.S. chocolate industry goes through eight million pounds of sugar.- Its special flavor is created by a combination of 600 to 1000 different chemical compounds.}, recid = {808049}, pages = {156 pages :}, }