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Chocolate is a Spanish loanword, first recorded in English in 1604, [1] and in Spanish in 1579. [2] However, the words origins beyond this are contentious. While it is popularly believed that chocolate derives from the Nahuatl word chocolatl (the language of the Aztecs), early texts documenting the Nahuatl word for chocolate drink use a different term, cacahuatl, meaning "cacao water".
This work contained a substantial amount of material on chocolate, which she decided to expand upon for her next book, The True History of Chocolate (1996). She became seriously ill during its research and writing; it was published posthumously in 1996, having been completed by her widower, Michael D. Coe. It is now in its third edition.
Chocolate is a food made from roasted and ground cocoa beans that can be a liquid, solid, or paste, either on its own or as a flavoring in other foods. The cacao tree has been used as a source of food for at least 5,300 years, starting with the Mayo-Chinchipe culture in what is present-day Ecuador. Later, Mesoamerican civilizations consumed ...
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The sweet history of chocolate is assembled in New York's first chocolate museum founded by famed pastry chef and chocolatier, Jacques Torres.
A Very Brief History of Chocolate from Jacques Torres. One thing Torres loves to do is teach (in the best, most helpful way). He shares all of his knowledge to make sure people have as much ...
Dark chocolate is a form of chocolate made of cocoa solids, cocoa butter and sugar. Without added sweetener, dark chocolate is known as bitter chocolate or unsweetened chocolate. [1][2] Dark chocolate, above white and milk chocolate, is valued for claimed, albeit unsupported health benefits and for being a sophisticated choice of chocolate.
Theobroma sativa var. melanosperma A. Chev. Theobroma sativum (Aubl.) Lign. & Bey. Theobroma cacao (cacao tree or cocoa tree) is a small (6–12 m (20–39 ft) tall) evergreen tree in the family Malvaceae. [1][3] Its seeds, cocoa beans, are used to make chocolate liquor, cocoa solids, cocoa butter and chocolate. [4]