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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.
Subjects:
Cacao.
Chocolate.
Cacao growers.
Chocolate industry.
Cocoa trade.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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