| Description |
252 pages : maps, photographs ; 22 cm |
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text rdacontent |
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unmediated rdamedia |
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volume rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The world's most perfect food -- The cocoa woods: back to before -- Tree of myth and money -- Blood and chocolate -- Taming wild amazon chocolate -- Doing well by doing good: chocolate in the industrial age -- The dark side of chocolate -- Candy, food, or medicine? -- In search of wild chocolate: new science meets ancient trees -- The mother tree and the accidental chocolate makers -- White beans -- Chocolate rainforests -- How to eat chocolate -- Chocolate timeline. |
| Audience |
LEX 1330 NC |
| Summary |
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. |
| Audience |
Ages 14 & up. |
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Grades 9 & up. |
| Study Program |
AR MG RL 9.2 PTS 8 173350EN |
| Awards |
A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG) |
| Subject |
Chocolate industry -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Cocoa trade -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Chocolate industry -- History.
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Cocoa trade -- History.
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Chocolate industry -- History.
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Cocoa trade -- History.
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| ISBN |
9780544175662 (hardcover) |
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