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050			_aHD 9200.A2 .N49 2017
100			_aNewquist, H. P. _eauthor
245		4	_aThe Book of chocolate : _bthe amazing story of the world's favorite candy / _cH. P. Newquist
260			_aNew York : _bViking Press, _cc2017
300			_a156 pages : _bcolor illustrations ; _c26 cm.
365			_bUSD12.59
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_a1.What is chocolate, really? -- 2.The mysterious history of chocolate -- 3.Columbus, Cortes, Conquistadors and cocoa -- 4.Pressing chocolate from a bean -- 5.Chocolate meets milk-by way of baby formula -- 6.All in the family -- 7.The candy battles -- 8.Chocolate and the second world war -- 9.Corporations made of chocolate -- 10.Chocolate spreads out -- 11.From bean to bar -- 12.Cocoa chemistry -- 13.The modern makers -- 14.Chocoholics and cocoa culture.
520			_aChocolate . . .Its scientific name means “food of the gods.” The Aztecs mixed it with blood and gave it to sacrificial victims to drink. The entire town of Hershey, Pennsylvania was built by Milton Hershey to support his chocolate factory. Its streetlights are shaped like chocolate Kisses. The first men to climb to the top of Mount Everest buried a chocolate bar there as an offering to the gods of the mountain. Every twenty-four hours, the U.S. chocolate industry goes through eight million pounds of sugar. Its special flavor is created by a combination of 600 to 1000 different chemical compounds. Join science author HP Newquist as he explores chocolate’s fascinating history. Along the way you’ll meet colorful characters like the feathered-serpent god Quetzalcoatl, who gave chocolate trees to the Aztecs; Henri Nestlé, who invented milk chocolate while trying to save the lives of babies who couldn’t nurse; and the quarrelsome Mars family, who split into two warring factions, one selling Milky Way, Snickers, and 3 Musketeers bars, the other Mars Bars and M&M’s. From its origin as the sacred, bitter drink of South American rulers to the familiar candy bars sold by today’s multimillion dollar businesses, people everywhere have fallen in love with chocolate, the world’s favorite flavor.
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