Chocolate : sweet science and dark secrets of the world's favorite treat

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."--

Record details

ISBN: 9780544556935
ISBN: 0544556933
ISBN: 9780544175662
ISBN: 0544175662
Physical Description: remote
1 online resource (252 pages) : illustrations.
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2015]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
Target Audience Note:	Ages 12+ Grades 7 to 8.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.