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Author:

Frydenborg, Kay, author.

Title:

Chocolate : sweet science and dark secrets of the world's favorite treat / by Kay Frydenborg.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

252 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm

Subject:

Chocolate industry--Juvenile literature.
Chocolate industry--History--Juvenile literature.
Cocoa trade--Juvenile literature.
Cocoa trade--History--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The world's most perfect food -- The cocoa woods: back to before -- Tree of myth and money -- Blood and chocolate -- Taming wild amazon chocolate -- Doing well by doing good: chocolate in the industrial age -- The dark side of chocolate -- Candy, food, or medicine? -- In search of wild chocolate: new science meets ancient trees -- The mother tree and the accidental chocolate makers -- White beans -- How to eat chocolate -- Chocolate timeline.

Summary:

"A fascinating account for teen readers that captures the history, science, and economic and cultural implications of the harvesting of cacao and creation of chocolate. Readers of Chew On This and The Omnivore's Dilemma will savor this rich exposé."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0544175662
9780544175662

LCCN:

2014015885

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

XHPD657 -- Glenwood Public Library (Glenwood)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

EYPC755 -- Kingsley Public Library (Kingsley)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

DAPG173 -- Mason City Public Library (Mason City)

KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

VSSX062 -- Vinton-Shellsburg CSD (Vinton)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)