The Book of Chocolate: The Amazing Story of the World's

The Book of Chocolate: The Amazing Story of the World's Favorite Candy

Chocolate . . .
- Its scientific name means â€œfood of the gods.â€
- The Aztecs mixed it with blood and gave it to sacrificial victims to drink.
- The entire town of Hershey, Pennsylvania was built by Milton Hershey to support his chocolate factory. Its streetlights are shaped like chocolate Kisses.
- The first men to climb to the top of Mount Everest buried a chocolate bar there as an offering to the gods of the mountain.
- Every twenty-four hours, the U.S. chocolate industry goes through eight million pounds of sugar.
- Its special flavor is created by a combination of 600 to 1000 different chemical compounds
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Join science author HP Newquist as he explores chocolateâ€™s fascinating history. Along the way youâ€™ll meet colorful characters like the feathered-serpent god Quetzalcoatl, who gave chocolate trees to the Aztecs; Henri NestlÃ©, who invented milk chocolate while trying to save the lives of babies who couldnâ€™t nurse; and the quarrelsome Mars family, who split into two warring factions, one selling Milky Way, Snickers, and 3 Musketeers bars, the other Mars Bars and M&Mâ€™s. From its origin as the sacred, bitter drink of South American rulers to the familiar candy bars sold by todayâ€™s multimillion dollar businesses, people everywhere have fallen in love with chocolate, the worldâ€™s favorite flavor.
Country USA
Manufacturer Viking Books for Young Readers
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2017-03-21
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Viking Books for Young Readers
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2017-03-21
Format	Kindle eBook

The Book of Chocolate: The Amazing Story of the World's Favorite Candy

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