Obroni and the chocolate factory
Subtitle: an unlikely story of globalization and Ghana's first gourmet chocolate bar
By: Steven Wallace
Publisher: Skyhorse; Skyhorse Publishing
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9781510723658
Subjects: Chocolate industry; Economic conditions; Omanhene Cocoa Bean Company; History
Description: What country makes the best chocolate?  Most people would answer "Switzerland" or, if they're discerning, "Belgium" or "France."  But, how many cocoa trees grow in Zurich?  Lyon?  Antwerp?  Shouldn't the country known for growing the best cocoa beans be the one that makes the best chocolate?  So, captivated by theories of international trade bit with precious little knowledge of cocoa or chocolate, Steven Wallace set out to build the Omanhene Cocoa Bean Company in Ghana - a country renowned for its cocoa and where Wallace spent part of his youth - in a quest to produce the world's first export-ready, single-origin chocolate bar.  What followed would be the true story of an obroni - white person - from Wisconsin taking on the ultimate entrepreneurial challenge.--INSIDE FLAP.
Table of contents: title: Foreword: Taste the chocolate; title: The Omanhene idea; title: The summer of 1978; title: Dancing clumsily; title: Chicken or fish?; title: The waiting game; title: Anyone else want to take a shot at us?; title: The fancy food show; title: We're in business; title: Song of Sarpong; title: Judging a product by its package; title: Divesting Ghana; title: Opening bids; title: Amsterdam makes an offer; title: Bannerman's hope; title: Mr. Wallace goes to Washington; title: Back to the basement.