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THE TRUE HISTORY OF CHOCOLATE - SOPHIE D COE KA...

Chocolate - 'the food of the Gods' - has had a long and eventful history. Its story is expertly
told here by the doyen of Maya studies  Michael Coe  and his late wife  Sophie. The book begins
3 000 years ago in the Mexican jungles and goes on to draw on aspects of archaeology  botany
and socio-economics. Used as currency and traded by the Aztecs  chocolate arrived in Europe via
the conquistadors  and was soon a favourite drink with aristocrats. By the 19th century and
industrialization  chocolate became a food for the masses - until its revival in our own time
as a luxury item. Chocolate has also been giving up some of its secrets to modern
neuroscientists  who have been investigating how flavour perception is mediated by the human
brain. And  finally  the book closes with two contemporary accounts of how chocolate
manufacturers have (or have not) been dealing with the ethical side of the industry.

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