Chocolate : sweet science and dark secrets of the world's favorite treat

Book 2015

"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 exposé."--Provided by publisher.

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ISBN:

9780544175662
0544175662

Description:

252 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 22 cm

Target Audience Note:

Ages 12+
Grades 7 to 8

Notes:

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

Control Number:

1207683

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