{"product_id":"true-history-of-chocolate","title":"True History of Chocolate","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eTrue History of Chocolate\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eSophie D Coe\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780500286968\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eThames \u0026amp; Hudson\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2007\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eSecond\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e288\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eThis delightful and best-selling tale of one of the world's favorite foods draws upon botany, archaeology, and culinary history to present a complete and accurate history of chocolate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The story begins some 3,000 years ago in the jungles of Mexico and Central America with the chocolate 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 Maya, and the Aztecs after them. The Spanish conquest of Central America introduced chocolate to Europe, where it first became the drink of kings and aristocrats and then was popularized in coffeehouses. Industrialization in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries made chocolate a food for the masses, and now, in our own time, it has become once again a luxury item.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The second edition draws on recent research and genetic analysis to update the information on the origins of the chocolate tree and early use by the Maya and others, and there is a new section on the medical and nutritional benefits of chocolate.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Thames \u0026 Hudson","offers":[{"title":"True History of Chocolate | Sophie D Coe | Paperback | 9780500286968 | Used: Very Good | Food Writing 1740904 (temp: 2)","offer_id":48769860403352,"sku":"1740904","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71-1TtGQPHL.jpg?v=1774426199","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/true-history-of-chocolate","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}