For the Love of Chocolate

Chocolate. Seductive, decadent and sinfully delicious. The pages of this book are dripping with an assortment of facts, trivia and history about the worlds favorite indulgence: Dark chocolate contains four times the antioxidants of green tea and six times what is found in blueberries; raw cacao has even more. Chocolate also contains theobromine, a gentle, non-addictive stimulant; it provides energy and increases alertness and concentration without the jitters. The cacao tree, a sacred plant to the Mayans, was believed to have been delivered to humans by the gods; they used the beans as currency. Every Russian and American space voyage has included chocolate bars. ANDIndulge in mouth-watering recipes, useful tips and intriguing morsels.