The Secret Life of Chocolate

by Marcos Patchett

A fascinating guide to the history and medical uses of cacao.

The Secret Life of Chocolate is a book about chocolate.

Not the sweet, mass-produced fatty confection most of us are familiar with, though.

This book is about old-school chocolate; pre-Colombian, Central American, bitter-spicy-foamy-intense blow-your-socks-off chocolate; chocolate beverages made with toasted cocoa beans, water, and indigenous plants.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 191159706X
• ISBN13: 9781911597063
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Aeon Books
• Length: 726 Pages
• Weight: 4.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 7.7" x 9.7"