Chocolate : sweet science and dark secrets of the world's favorite treat /
Frydenborg, Kay,
Chocolate : sweet science and dark secrets of the world's favorite treat / by Kay Frydenborg. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt , c2015. - 252 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 -- How to eat chocolate -- Chocolate timeline.
"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."--
Ages 12+ Grades 7 to 8.
9780544175662
2014015885
Chocolate industry--Juvenile literature.
Chocolate industry--History--Juvenile literature.
Cocoa trade--Juvenile literature.
Cocoa trade--History--Juvenile literature.
Chocolate--History.
TX767.C5 / F79 2015
338.7/66392 F946c 2015
Chocolate : sweet science and dark secrets of the world's favorite treat / by Kay Frydenborg. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt , c2015. - 252 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 -- How to eat chocolate -- Chocolate timeline.
"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."--
Ages 12+ Grades 7 to 8.
9780544175662
2014015885
Chocolate industry--Juvenile literature.
Chocolate industry--History--Juvenile literature.
Cocoa trade--Juvenile literature.
Cocoa trade--History--Juvenile literature.
Chocolate--History.
TX767.C5 / F79 2015
338.7/66392 F946c 2015