The True History of Chocolate covered over thousands of years of history with the simple connection of chocolate. Although it was many years, the book was not very long and for the most part was very interesting. Learning that chocolate was originally served only in liquid form, hot or cold was a lot different from now where most of us think of Hershey's chocolate bars when one says chocolate. Starting with the Olmecs and Mayans was also different, then moving on to the Aztecs and eventually Europe.
This book covered not only chocolate, but the slave trade, the fall of the different mesoamerican empires and the conqistadors that conquered the Aztecs. Moving on from there was the Industrial Revolution and the Age of Reason. It was fun to see how chocolate adapted and survived through all the different years and now is thriving. Also, I learned the different chemicals in chocolate and why it used to be used for medicinal purposes and different ways to grow it, under certain and very specific climates. Overall this book covered years of history and taught me lots of new facts about chocolate and I probably never would have known.
Evita
