The True History of Chocolate - Sophie D. Coe, Michael D. Coe

The True History of Chocolate

Buch | Softcover
280 Seiten
2010 | Second edition
Thames & Hudson Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-500-28696-8 (ISBN)
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"A beautifully written...and illustrated history of the Food of the Gods, from Olmecs to present-day developments." Chocolatier.
The story begins some 3,000 years ago in the jungles of Mexico and Central America with the chocolate tree, Theobroma Cacao, and the complex processes necessary to transform its bitter seeds into what is now known as chocolate. This was centuries before chocolate was consumed in generally unsweetened liquid form and used as currency by the Maya, and the Aztecs after them. The Spanish conquest of Central America introduced chocolate to Europe, where it first became the drink of kings and aristocrats and then was popularized in coffeehouses. Industrialization in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries made chocolate a food for the masses, and now, in our own time, it has become once again a luxury item.

The second edition draws on recent research and genetic analysis to update the information on the origins of the chocolate tree and early use by the Maya and others, and there is a new section on the medical and nutritional benefits of chocolate.

Michael D. Coe is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Curator Emeritus in the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University. His books include The Maya, Reading the Maya Glyphs and Mexico and The True History of Chocolate, all published by Thames & Hudson.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 19.4.2010
Zusatzinfo 84 Illustrations, black and white; 13 Illustrations, color
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 232 mm
Gewicht 500 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Essen / Trinken
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Kulturgeschichte
ISBN-10 0-500-28696-5 / 0500286965
ISBN-13 978-0-500-28696-8 / 9780500286968
Zustand Neuware
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