Chocolate: History, Culture, and Heritage
Chocolate: History, Culture, and Heritage
International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) 2010 Award Finalists in the Culinary History category.
Chocolate. We all love it, but how much do we really know about it? In addition to pleasing palates since ancient times, chocolate has played an integral role in culture, society, religion, medicine, and economic development across the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Europe.
In 1998, the Chocolate History Group was formed by the University of California, Davis, and Mars, Incorporated to document the fascinating story and history of chocolate. This book features fifty-seven essays representing research activities and contributions from more than 100 members of the group. These contributors draw from their backgrounds in such diverse fields as anthropology, archaeology, biochemistry, culinary arts, gender studies, engineering, history, linguistics, nutrition, and paleography. The result is an unparalleled, scholarly examination of chocolate, beginning with ancient pre-Columbian civilizations and ending with twenty-first-century reports.
Here is a sampling of some of the fascinating topics explored inside the book:
- Ancient gods and Christian celebrations: chocolate and religion
- Chocolate and the Boston smallpox epidemic of 1764
- Chocolate pots: reflections of cultures, values, and times
- Pirates, prizes, and profits: cocoa and early American east coast trade
- Blood, conflict, and faith: chocolate in the southeast and southwest borderlands of North America
- Chocolate in France: evolution of a luxury product
- Development of concept maps and the chocolate research portal
Not only does this book offer careful documentation, it also features new and previously unpublished information and interpretations of chocolate history. Moreover, it offers a wealth of unusual and interesting facts and folklore about one of the world’s favorite foods.
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what kind of chocolate is best for making chocolate covered strawberries?
Question by GeeGee: what kind of chocolate is best for making chocolate covered strawberries?
I’m making chocolate covered strawberries for my boyfriend for V-Day &i want to know what kind of chocolate is better for it. Thank.s
Best answer:
Answer by Happy79
It is probably best if you use the nestle chocolate morsels- the semi-sweet ones. They make good chocolate covered strawberries.
Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!
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Kids and Cooking – Making Chocolate Chip Muffins
Do you enjoy eating muffins? Are you a fan of chocolate? Would you want to know how to make chocolate chip muffins? The video is all about how to make a chocolate chip muffin.
It will show you steps and provide you with proper instructions for you to make this delicious chocolate chip muffin just right. With this video, it will help you understand more how easy it is to baked this muffins. Also, out expert will guide you and give you tips for you to remember for future baking sessions.
By watching this video, ingredients and materials is also being shown to you as for you to follow and have the recipe in no time.
So if you are up in making a new recipe, you better watch this video and learn about how to make a chocolate chip muffin! Enjoy!
The Essential Cookbook on Homemade Chocolate Recipes
The Essential Cookbook on Homemade Chocolate Recipes
The Essential Cookbook on Homemade Chocolate Recipes
This book includes several different recipes including:
Plain Chocolate (For Drinking)
Chocolate, Vienna Style
Breakfast Cocoa
Chocolate Layer Cake
Chocolate Cake
Chocolate Marble Cake
Chocolate Glacé Cake
Chocolate Glacé
Chocolate Biscuit
Chocolate Wafers
Cinderella Cakes
Chocolate Éclairs
and much much more!
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Chocolate Chip Cheese Ball
Yes!! Now people who are both chocolate and cheese fans can eat it all together, and it actually tastes….WONDERFUL! You can make it a dessert or a side dish, whatever fits your fancy. 🙂 I am a firm believer that chocolate tastes good in just about everything and anything…don’t you agree?
Step 1
Check you fridge/pantry for the avalibility of these listed items and then gather together all the ingredients for this recipe, Chocolate Chip Cheese Ball:
•1 8-oz. pkg., softened
•½ cup butter, softened
•¼ tsp. vanilla
•¾ cup confectioner’s sugar
•2 T. brown sugar
•¾ cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
•¾ cup finely chopped pecans
Step 2
In a large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter and vanilla until they are nice and fluffy. Then preceed to Step 3.
Step 3
Gradually add the sugars to the mixture; beat them until just combined – don’t over-do. Then stir in the chocolate chips. This is your secret ingredient!
Step 4
Cover your bowl and refrigerate for around 2 hours. Place mixture on a piece of plastic wrap then shape it into a ball. Refrigerate for at least one hour. It might be best to just go ahead and whip up and bake something else in the mean time!
Step 5
Just before serving, roll the whole ball in pecans (finely crushed pecans are the best to use for this recipe) until coated as much as possible. It is best to serve this cheese/chocolate ball with graham crackers or cracker/chip of your choice (you can use about anything).
Enjoy your Chocolate Chip Cheese Ball!
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A Chocoholics Dream: Guide To Making Chocolate Including Recipes
A Chocoholics Dream: Guide To Making Chocolate Including Recipes
A Chocoholics Dream: Guide To Making Chocolate Including Recipes. 18 lessons in making chocolate and chocolate recipes to die for.
Contents include:
Lesson 1: Only The Sweet Stuff: Guide For Making Chocolate
Lesson 2: A Brief Look At The Past Of Making Chocolate
Lesson 3: The Benefits Of Making Chocolate
Lesson 4: The Different Processes In Making Chocolate
Lesson 5: Tools In Making Chocolate
Lesson 6: The Emotional Effects Of Making Chocolate
Lesson 7: Making Chocolate Starts By Melting It
Lesson 8: Making Chocolate Candy That Lasts
Lesson 9: Making Chocolate Extra Special
Lesson 10: Making Chocolate Using Molds
Lesson 11: Making Chocolate
Lesson 12: Chocolate Cake Recipe
Lesson 13: Chocolate Fudge
Lesson 14: Chocolate Chip Muffins
Lesson 15: Chocolate Peanut Butter
Lesson 16: Hot Chocolate
Lesson 17: Chocolate Bars
Lesson 18: Chocolate Holiday Gift
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Exotic Chocolate Tasting Events
Are you familiar with exotic chocolate? Have you heard of a chocolate tasting event? Have you ever gone to one? Do you want to know more about exotic chocolate tasting events? Well, you better watch this video and learn more about the different chocolate tasting events that you might want to go to.
This will also inspire you as these people appreciate chocolate so much. You will enjoy this video for it provides you with the events you have always imagined attending. You will also discover different types of wines and chocolate pairing.
If you are a chocolate lover and would want to try this different experience, watch this video to have an idea about what I am saying.
So if you have the time and would want to be part of something new, watch this video and let your imagination about chocolate sweeten you up even more intensely!
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