num_pages: 1064
description: International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) 2010 Award Finalists in the Culinary History category. Chocolate . We all love it but how much do we really know about it? In addition to pleasing palates since ancient times chocolate has played an integral role in culture society religion medicine and economic development across the Americas Africa Asia and Europe. In 1998 the Chocolate History Group was formed by the University of California Davis and Mars Incorporated to document the fascinating story and history of chocolate. This book features fifty-seven essays representing research activities and contributions from more than 100 members of the group. These contributors draw from their backgrounds in such diverse fields as anthropology archaeology biochemistry culinary arts gender studies engineering history linguistics nutrition and paleography. The result is an unparalleled scholarly examination of chocolate beginning with ancient pre-Columbian civilizations and ending with twenty-first-century reports. Here is a sampling of some of the fascinating topics explored inside the book: Not only does this book offer careful documentation it also features new and previously unpublished information and interpretations of chocolate history. Moreover it offers a wealth of unusual and interesting facts and folklore about one of the world's favorite foods.
language: English
title: Chocolate: History, Culture, and Heritage
publisher: Wiley-Interscience