The Chocolate Companion

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  • ISBN 10 1845250338
  • ISBN 13 9781845250331
  • Published Oct 06 2006
  • Format Hardcover
  • Page Count 160
  • Language English
  • Countries United Kingdom
  • Publisher Pan Macmillan
  • Imprint Think Publishing Limited

Publishers Text

In the world of food, chocolate is an empire in its own right. For hundreds of years it has melted across the globe, bringing wealth, pleasure and toothache in equal measure to the millions who fall under its influence. "The Chocolate Companion" unwraps a global conspiracy of indulgence, following cocoa's voyage from the earthy bosom of Mother Nature into the heart of heavy industry. Everything you ever wanted to know about the confection's direction is here, from its holy position in the lives of South American and Spanish cultures, to its adoption by 20th Century factory owners and cunning advertising gurus. The branding of the bean has never been a more mouth-watering tale. From this box of delights we will learn: which 16th Century adventurer used cocoa beans as currency; which Aztec Emperor said that a drink of chocolate, 'permits a man to walk for a whole day without food'; who established the first cocoa plantations; which medical complaints were said to be curable with chocolate; who invented the purifying cocoa press; what was the first commercial chocolate bar; and who invented milk chocolate.