The Book of Chocolate

by John Feltwell and etc.

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Based on the original Flammarion title, The Book of Chocolate, this lavishly illustrated book, now edited and brought up to date, takes readers on a journey through the history and production of the world's most seductive confection: chocolate. Learn how the cocoa bean, first enjoyed by the Aztecs, has traveled around the globe to produce endless variations of chocolate. Through the eyes of food critics, chefs, journalists, and historians, this book explores the rich history of chocolate, along with a modern-day investigation of its many flavors and forms.

A list of tantalizing recipes and a guide to the finest purveyors of chocolate worldwide make this volume indispensable to chocolate lovers everywhere.

If the list of recipes is not enough to bring out the chocoholic in you, just look at the delicious illustrations, specially commissioned photographs, rare vintage posters, and fine paintings all in honor of this favorite confection.
  • ISBN10 2080135880
  • ISBN13 9782080135889
  • Publish Date 1 April 1996
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 19 June 2009
  • Publish Country FR
  • Publisher Editions Flammarion
  • Imprint Flammarion
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 216
  • Language English