Chocolate
Subtitle: sweet science and dark secrets of the world's favorite treat
By: by Kay Frydenborg
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780544175662
Subjects: Cocoa trade; Chocolate industry; History; Juvenile literature; Chocolate
Description: A fascinating account for teen readers that captures the history, science, and economic and cultural implications of the harvesting of cacao and creation of chocolate. Readers of "Chew On This" and "The Omnivore's Dilemma" will savor this rich expose.

This history of the beloved food explains how cacao also has been a currency, a royal drink, a means of diplomacy, a slave-produced commodity, and a boon to farmers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

789Y Childrens Plus, Inc.

Accelerated Reader MG 9.2 8 8 173350
Table of contents: title: The world's most perfect food; title: The cocoa woods: back to before; title: Tree of myth and money; title: Blood and chocolate; title: Taming wild amazon chocolate; title: Doing well by doing good: chocolate in the industrial age; title: The dark side of chocolate; title: Candy, food, or medicine?; title: In search of wild chocolate: new science meets ancient trees; title: The mother tree and the accidental chocolate makers; title: White beans; title: How to eat chocolate; title: Chocolate timeline.