{"product_id":"the-secret-life-of-chocolate-marcos-patchett-9781911597063","title":"The Secret Life of Chocolate","description":"A fascinating guide to the history and medical uses of cacao. \nThe Secret Life of Chocolate is a book about chocolate.\nNot the sweet, mass-produced fatty confection most of us are familiar with, though.\nThis book is about old-school chocolate; pre-Colombian, Central American, bitter-spicy-foamy-intense blow-your-socks-off chocolate; chocolate beverages made with toasted cocoa beans, water, and indigenous plants.\nToday there are many different forms of drinking chocolate in Latin America, most of which reflect European (Spanish) influence, incorporating sugar, cinnamon, and milk.\nThe aim of this work is to peel back the years of cultural cross-pollination and anatomize the original Cacao-based beverages, which were richer, more complex, more potent, and darker (in every sense) than modern forms of chocolate.\nThis book delves into the ancient history of the human relationship with the cocoa tree, Theobroma cacao; it dissects the pharmacological properties of chocolate to the fullest possible extent; and it divulges the mythical and magical associations of human interactions with this incredible plant.","brand":"Aeon Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51390531469600,"sku":"9781911597063","price":80.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781911597063.jpg?v=1780679667","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/the-secret-life-of-chocolate-marcos-patchett-9781911597063","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}