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050	0	0	_aTP640 _b.C67 2007
082	0	0	_aLAS 641.3 COE
100	1		_aCoe, Sophie D. _q(Sophie Dobzhansky) _d, 1933-
245	1	4	_aThe true history of chocolate _c/ Sophie D. Coe and Michael D. Coe
250			_a2nd rev. ed.
260			_aNew York _b: Thames and Hudson _c, 2007.
300			_a280 p. _b: ill. (some col.) _c; 24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 271-275) and index.
520			_a"Theobroma cacao...chocolate...'the food of the gods'. Delicious indulgence or cause of migraines? Aphrodisiac or medicinal tonic? Religious symbol or Mesoamerican currency? This delightful tale of one of the world's favorite foods draws upon botany, archaeology, socioeconomics and culinary history to present for the first time a complete and accurate history of chocolate." "The story begins some three thousand years ago in the jungles of lowland Mexico and Central America with the tree Theobroma cacao and the complex processes necessary to transform its bitter seeds into what is now known as chocolate. This was centuries before chocolate was consumed in generally unsweetened liquid form and used as currency by the sophisticated Maya, and the Aztecs after them. The Spanish conquest of Central America introduced chocolate to Europe, where it became first the stimulating drink of kings and aristocrats and then was popularized in coffee-houses. Industrialization in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries made chocolate a food for the masses - until its revival in our own time as a luxury item." "The True History of Chocolate is the first book to present the real facts of the pre-Spanish history of chocolate - and it does so with great authority, since the authors share an unrivalled knowledge of the history of Pre-Columbian civilizations and their cuisine. We discover how chocolate got its name, how it was used as a medicine, and find that the Spanish learned of chocolate through the Maya, not the Aztecs."
650			_aChocolate _x-History
700	1		_aCoe, Michael D.
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