Flammarion The book of chocolate | jeanne bourin, john feltwell

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• This lavishly illustrated book takes readers on a journey through the history and production of the world's most seductive confection: chocolate.
• Through the eyes of food critics, chefs, journalists, and historians, this book explores the rich history of chocolate, along with a modern-day investigation of its many flavors and forms.
• Learn how the cocoa bean, first enjoyed by the Aztecs, has traveled around the globe to produce innumerable variations of chocolate.
• In the sixteenth century, chocolate was consumed as a highly-spiced drink attributed with curative, even aphrodisiacal, powers.
• Entrepreneurs like the Cadbury brothers in Bournville, England, Dr.
• James Baker in Massachusetts, and Milton S.
• Hershey in Pennsylvania made it possible for modern chocoholics to indulge daily in this once unattainable luxury.
• This bestseller, first published in 1996, is brought up to date with a guide to the finest purveyors of chocolate worldwide.
• Illustrated with vintage advertising posters and chocolate packages, fine paintings, and lavish, specially-commissioned photographs, The Book of Chocolate is completed with ten sinfully good recipes.