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The Book of Chocolate
Jeanne Et Al Bourin
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Description for The Book of Chocolate
Hardback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 200 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 319 x 246 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1518.
This lavishly illustrated book takes readers on a journey through the history and production of the world's most seductive confection: chocolate. Through the eyes of food critics, chefs, journalists, and historians, this book explores the rich history of chocolate, along with a modern-day investigation of its many flavors and forms. Learn how the cocoa bean, first enjoyed by the Aztecs, has traveled around the globe to produce innumerable variations of chocolate. In the sixteenth century, chocolate was consumed as a highly-spiced drink attributed with curative, even aphrodisiacal, powers. Entrepreneurs like the Cadbury brothers in Bournville, England, Dr. James Baker in ... Read more
This lavishly illustrated book takes readers on a journey through the history and production of the world's most seductive confection: chocolate. Through the eyes of food critics, chefs, journalists, and historians, this book explores the rich history of chocolate, along with a modern-day investigation of its many flavors and forms. Learn how the cocoa bean, first enjoyed by the Aztecs, has traveled around the globe to produce innumerable variations of chocolate. In the sixteenth century, chocolate was consumed as a highly-spiced drink attributed with curative, even aphrodisiacal, powers. Entrepreneurs like the Cadbury brothers in Bournville, England, Dr. James Baker in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Editions Flammarion France
Number of pages
200
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Weight
1518g
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Paris, France
ISBN
9782080304797
SKU
V9782080304797
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99-10
About Jeanne Et Al Bourin
Jeanne Bourin is a prolific novelist in France and has contributed to various magazines and publications. She is the author of numerous books including, Tres sage Heloise (1966) which was highly acclaimed by the Academie Francaise. John Feltwell, a British Naturalist, has written various books on the natural world such as, Butterflies and Moths and Geraniums and Pelargoniums. Nathalie Bailleux, ... Read more
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