The book of chocolate : the amazing story of the world's favorite candy / HP Newquist.
Newquist, H. P. (Harvey P.), author.
2017
HD9200.A2 N49 2016 (Mapit)
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Title
The book of chocolate : the amazing story of the world's favorite candy / HP Newquist.
Author
Newquist, H. P. (Harvey P.), author.
Edition
First American edition.
ISBN
9780670015740 (hardcover)
0670015741 (hardcover)
Published
New York, New York : Viking, 2017.
Language
English
Description
156 pages : color illustrations, maps (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Call Number
HD9200.A2 N49 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
338.4/76639209
Summary
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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What is chocolate, really?
The mysterious history of chocolate
Columbus, Cort's, conquistadors, and cocoa
Pressing chocolate from a bean
Chocolate meets milk by way of baby formula
All in the family
The candy battles
Chocolate and the Second World War
Corporations made of chocolate
Chocolate spreads out
From bean to bar
Cocoa chemistry
The modern makers
Chocoholics and the cocoa culture.

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