Did you know that glass never wears out and that it can be recycled forever? Did you know that the entire year's crop from one cocoa tree is needed to make 450g of chocolate? See How It's Made provides all this information and much, much, more. Taking you right into the factory so you can smell the roasting cocoa beans, see molten glass blown into shape, and find out what's inside a pencil sandwich, See How It's Made is an exciting visual tour that follows the manufacture of a variety of everyday items from start to finish.
Chocolate layer cake. Fudge brownies. Chocolate chip cookies. Boxes of chocolate truffles. Cups of cocoa. Hot fudge sundaes. Chocolate is synonymous with our cultural sweet tooth, our restaurant dessert menus, and our idea of indulgence. Chocolate is adored around the world and has been since the Spanish first encountered cocoa beans in South America in the sixteenth century. It is seen as magical, addictive, and powerful beyond anything that can be explained by its ingredients, and in Chocolate Sarah Moss and Alec Badenoch explore the origins and growth of this almost universal obsession.
This book provides an overview of the science and technology of chocolate manufacture from cocoa production, through the manufacturing processes, to the sensory, nutrition and health aspects of chocolate consumption. It covers cocoa cultivation and production with special attention paid to cocoa bean composition, genotypic variations in the bean, post-harvest pre-treatments, fermentation and drying processes, and the biochemical basis of these operations.
Chocolate and Cocoa Recipes and Home Made Candy RecipesThe book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge.
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto (Audiobook) MP3
There's quite a bit of intelligent analysis and thought-provoking insight packed into the pages of Chuck Klosterman's Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, which is a little surprising considering how darn stupid most of Klosterman's subject matter actually is.
