Chocolate has long been a favorite indulgence. But behind every chocolate bar we unwrap, there is a world of power struggles and political maneuvering over its most important ingredient: cocoa.
In this concise analysis, Kristy Leissle reveals how cocoa, which brings pleasure and wealth to relatively few, depends upon an extensive global trade system that exploits the labor of five million growers, as well as countless other workers and vulnerable groups, spread across the tropics.

The Dark Side Of The World’s Most Seductive Sweet

Bitter Chocolate shows that, with the complicity of Western governments and corporations, unethical practices continue to thrive. Bitter Chocolate is a social history, a passionate investigative account and an eye-opening exposé of the workings of a multi-billion dollar industry that has institutionalized misery as it served our pleasures.

A bitter Sweet Saga Of Dark And Light

This book delves into the complex world of chocolate. From the mole pobiano - chile-laced chicken with chocolate - of ancient Mexico to the contemporary French chocolatiers who produce the palets d’or - bite-sized, gold-flecked bricks of dark chocolate - to the vast empires of Hershey, Godiva, and Valrhona, Rosenblum follows the chocolate trail the world over. He visits cacao plantations, meets with growers, buyers, makers, and tasters, and investigates the dark side of the chocolate trade as well as the enduring appeal of its product.

The Ultimate Guide to Chocolate & Wine Pairing.

Dare to Pair is the bible of chocolate and wine pairing. It contains over 40 wines with chocolate pairings each, information on where the grapes are grown, flavor profiles, taste chocolate and wine properly, how to select the proper glass for wines, websites and references for hosting your own chocolate and wine events, dozens of recipes and much more.

Health And Nutrition.

Provides an objective review of the health and nutritional properties of chocolate and cocoa. Presents a comprehensive compilation and distillation of the available technical and scientific literature, looking at the subject from the agricultural phase through to the finished product. DLC: Chocolate--Health aspects.

Illuminating Peter Mayle's South of France with a touch of Laura Esquivel's magic realism, Chocolat is a timeless novel of a straitlaced village's awakening to joy and sensuality. In tiny Lansquenet, where nothing much has changed in a hundred years, beautiful newcomer Vianne Rocher and her exquisite chocolate shop arrive and instantly begin to play havoc with Lenten vows. Each box of luscious bonbons comes with a free gift: Vianne's uncanny perception of its buyer's private discontents and a clever, caring cure for them. Is she a witch? Soon the parish no longer cares, as it abandons itself to temptation, happiness, and a dramatic face-off between Easter solemnity and the pagan gaiety of a chocolate festival.