Wild chocolate across the Americas in search of cacao's soul

"From James Beard Award-winner Rowan Jacobsen, the thrilling story of the farmers, activists, and chocolate makers fighting all odds to revive ancient cacao and produce the world's finest bar." --

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Main Author: Jacobsen, Rowan (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024.
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300 |a vii, 275 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :  |b color illustrations, map ;  |c 22 cm 
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500 |a Includes index. 
505 0 |a Prologue: The soul in the foam -- Oaxaca, Mexico, 2023 -- Interlude: by any other name -- Food of the gods / Vermont, USA, 2009 -- The call of the wild / Beni, Bolivia, 2010 -- The golden pod / Beni, Bolivia, 1991-1995 -- Interlude: First families -- Ghosts of the Maya Mountains / Belize, 1993-1995 -- Rainforest delight / Beni and La Paz, Bolivia, 1997-2000 -- Tranquility / Beni, Bolivia, 2001-03 -- In the shadows / Belize and Guatemala, mid-2000s -- the Beni hustle / Beni, Bolivia, late 2000s -- Deep water / Beni, Bolivia, 2010 -- Sundance / Beni, Bolivia, 2010 -- Big chocolate / Belize, 2010 and 2022 -- Interlude: the legend of chocfinger -- Stranded assets / Belize, 2010 -- Verapaz / Alta Verapaz, Guatamala, 2013 -- Remembrance of chocolates past / Salt Lake City, Peru, Belize, 2012-16 -- The law of the jungle / Beni, Bolivia, 2014 -- Interlude: making chocolate -- The cradle / Amazonas, Brazil, 2022 -- What do you do when your chocolate sucks? / São Paolo and Acre, Brazil, 2014-17 and 2022 -- The queen of the forest / Acre, Brazil, 2017 -- A powder room of flower power / Amazonas, Brazil, 2018-22 -- The mission / Amazonas, Brazil, 2022 -- The gospel of chocolate / Amazonas, Brazil, 2022 -- Interlude: heavy metal -- For the birds / Belize and Guatemala, 2023 -- The secret garden / Soconusco, Mexico, 2023 -- Interlude: the real white chocolate -- The saga of Alamendra Blanca / Chiapas and Tabasco, Mexico, 2023 -- In search of the white jaguar / Chiapas, Mexico, 2023 -- The metaphysics of chocolate / Mexico City and Oaxaca, Mexico, 2023 -- Epilogue: Ritual / New Hampshire, USA, 2023. 
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650 0 |a Cacao. 
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650 0 |a Chocolate industry. 
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