by Mark Christian | Aug 2, 2009 | Bottom Shelf |
Bookcase Location: BOTTOM SHELF – Honorable Mention Oozes forth pinker & frothier than that staple of upmarket restaurants in the late 20th century – the molten chocolate cake. Easy to picture this guy laced up with the apron on, swirling & twirling...
by Mark Christian | Aug 2, 2009 | Bottom Shelf |
Bookcase Location: BOTTOM SHELF – Honorable Mention A weighty collection of essays from esteemed scholars, employing a multi-disciplinary / inter-departmental approach. Spanning agronomy to archeology & anthropology, Chilies to Chocolate covers the broad...
by Mark Christian | Aug 2, 2009 | Bottom Shelf |
Bookcase Location: BOTTOM SHELF – Honorable Mention A behind-the-scenes investigative report on the state of chocolate around the world… at the turn of the millennium. Mort Rosenblum is a journalist, wordsmith, & transplanted food-hound living among...
by Mark Christian | Aug 2, 2009 | Bottom Shelf |
Bookcase Location: BOTTOM SHELF – Honorable Mention Written almost a hundred years ago & reprinted in 2007. Tight synopsis of the plant’s history, cultivation, & manufacture, with half the book being pictures. Much of the info is still valid today,...
by Mark Christian | Aug 2, 2009 | Middle Shelf |
Bookcase Location: MIDDLE SHELF – Permanent Collection Nostalgic trip down memory lane – even for kids just born this morning. Great photos of posters, trademarks, labels, ads, & more. Like Thompson Candy’s pack of Camels called Humps chocolate “cigarettes”....
by Mark Christian | Aug 2, 2009 | Bottom Shelf |
Bookcase Location: BOTTOM SHELF – Honorable Mention A curio & quaint booklet published in 1891, before Milton Hershey even got into the game, let alone chocolate becoming the American candy rage. Walter Baker, the 1st commercial chocolate manufacturer in the...
