Chocolate : sweet science and dark secrets of the world's favorite treat / by Kay Frydenborg.

By:

Frydenborg, Kay [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt , c2015.Description: 252 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cmISBN:

9780544175662

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

338.7/66392 F946c 2015 23

LOC classification:

TX767.C5 F79 2015

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 -- How to eat chocolate -- Chocolate timeline.

Summary: "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."--

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Premier University DELL Library	338.7/66392 F946c 2015	1	Available		27117

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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."--