Chocolate: A Cultural Encyclopedia

by Ross F. Collins

Chocolate is nearly always with us--when celebrating or mourning, in love or alone, healthy or sick, happy or sad. This book offers a comprehensive look at how an exotic food grew to play such a central role in our lives.

No food in the world can offer as storied a history as chocolate. Chocolate: A Cultural Encyclopedia focuses on cocoa's history from ancient Mesoamerican beginnings as a symbol of ritual, life, and death,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 144087607X
• ISBN13: 9781440876073
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.9" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 7 to 17 years