A review by vsebastian
The True History of Chocolate by Sophie D. Coe

3.0

This book is a monster (transcribing it into braille was, anyhow). The Coes did a great job at harvesting all existing knowledge about chocolate (ancient past, recent past, and present) into one volume. I believe this is a vast reliable resource on the subject if you are looking for this kind of thing. As this book was assigned for me to transcribe, it wasn't anywhere near my first pick of books, but I must say I enjoyed the read! I learned a lot of semi-useless information albeit interesting. I really enjoyed the spanish history sections (sacrificial rituals galore), the lore and myths surrounding chocolate, and the hilarious French bits ... esp. the Marquis de Sade tidbits.