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The True History of Chocolate
by Sophie D. Coe • Michael Coe
- FOOD
- 2007
- PAPER
- 288 PAGES
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A scholarly history of the fact and meaning of pre-Columbian chocolate by the husband and wife archaeologists Michael and Sophia Coe. Originating as a ceremonial beverage in ancient Olmec and Maya society, chocolate evolved from a food of the gods to the salons of Europe down through the masses to Hershey Pennsylvania. With illustrations and recipes.
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