| Description |
1 online resource (252 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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text file rda |
| 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. |
| Audience |
NC 1330 Lexile. |
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NC1330L Lexile |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 9.2 8 173350 |
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Accelerated Reader MG 9.2 8 173350 |
| Audience |
Ages 12+ |
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Grades 7 to 8. |
| Summary |
Offers information on the history, science, and economic and cultural implications of the harvesting of cacao and creation of chocolate. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-238) 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 -- Chocolate rainforests -- How to eat chocolate -- Chocolate timeline. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
Chocolate industry -- Juvenile literature.
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Chocolate industry -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Cocoa trade -- Juvenile literature.
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Cocoa trade -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Chocolate -- History.
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Chocolate industry. |
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Cocoa trade. |
| Genre |
Electronic books. |
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History.
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Juvenile works.
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| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Frydenborg, Kay. Chocolate Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2015] 9780544175662 (DLC) 2014015885 (OCoLC)880672102 |
| ISBN |
9780544556935 : $18.99 |
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0544556933 : $18.99 |
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