cookery (chocolate)

Traces the history of chocolate from a drink of the Olmec and Maya and later in Europe to its popularity around the world today.

Contains illustrated step-by-step instructions to forty-five chocolate recipes including candy-covered pizza, shakes, cookies, and more.

A history of chocolate, a discussion of the processing of cacao into chocolate products, recipes, suggestions for related places to visit, and chocolate lore, jokes, and poems.

Follows the process of manufacturing chocolate, from harvesting the cacao beans to making candy.

Discusses the role of chocolate in history, where it comes from, and how it is processed and prepared for eating.