"“A beautifully written . . . and illustrated history of the Food of the Gods, from the Olmecs to present-day developments.”—Chocolatier This delightful tale of one of the world’s favorite foods draws on botany, archaeology, and culinary history to present a complete and accurate history of chocolate. It begins some 4,000 years ago in the jungles of Mexico and Central America with the chocolate tree, Theobroma Cacao, and the complex pro ..."
"It seems strange to think that even the humble chocolate bar has a long and interesting history. This history reaches far back to the earliest civilisation in the Americas, and it was the Olmecs not the Aztecs who can be rightly named as the inventors of chocolate. Told with flair and wit, this history of cacoa looks at its ancient Mexican roots, questioning how it became the food of the gods, its ritual significance, and how it was u ..."
"This tale of one of the world's favourite foods draws upon botany, archaeology, socio-economics and culinary history to present a complete history of chocolate. The story begins some 3000 years ago in the jungles of Mexico and Central America with the tree "Theobroma cacao" and the complex processes necessary to transform its bitter seeds into chocolate. This was centuries before chocolate was consumed, traded and used as currency by th ..."
""A beautifully written...and illustrated history of the Food of the Gods, from Olmecs to present-day developments."—Chocolatier. This 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. The story begins some 3,000 years ago in the jungles of Mexico and Central America with the chocolate tree, Theobroma Cacao, ..."
Mexico(8th Edition) From the Olmecs to the Aztecs (Eighth Edition) by MichaelD. Coe , Javier Urcid , Rex Koontz Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2019 by Thames & Hudson ISBN-13: 978-0-500-84178-5, ISBN: 0-500-84178-0
Mexico(1st Edition) From the Olmecs to the Aztecs by MichaelD. Coe , Rex Koontz , Javier Urcid Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2019 by Thames & Hudson ISBN-13: 978-0-500-29373-7, ISBN: 0-500-29373-2