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Chocolate is a Spanish loanword, first recorded in English in 1604, [1] and in Spanish in 1579. [2] However, the word's origins beyond this are contentious. [3] Despite a popular belief that chocolate derives from the Nahuatl word chocolatl, early texts documenting the Nahuatl word for chocolate drink use a different term, cacahuatl, meaning "cacao water".
York's Chocolate Story is a visitor attraction and chocolate museum on King's Square, in York. Opened in March 2012, [ 1 ] it shows the history of chocolate making in York, including the Rowntree's factory which opened in 1890, owned since 1988 by Nestlé . [ 2 ]
Chocolate is perceived to be different things at different times, including a sweet treat, a luxury product, a consumer good and a mood enhancer. [166] Its reputation as a mood enhancer is driven in part by marketing. [167] Chocolate is a popular metaphor for the black racial category, [168] and has connotations of sexuality. [169]
Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, 1st Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca [a] [b] (December 1485 – December 2, 1547) was a Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of what is now mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century.
A large medieval house was built 600 years ago in Barcelona, Spain. By the 19th century, it was a chocolate factory. Now, archaeologists are exploring the remains of the ancient building ...
While aficionados maintained that dark chocolate was superior, among the public distinctions in chocolate were not made, and artisanal chocolatiers were not distinguished as a craft from pastry chefs. Foreign firms mass-producing chocolate emulated French merchandising and had captured 48% of the confectionary gift market by 1989.
Crachi is the trade name of an inexpensive chocolate bar made of locally produced chocolate from the Dominican Republic and sold in that country by Chocolate Cortes, a Dominican and Puerto Rican chocolatier. [1] [2]
Cortez-Fields, who graduated last year from Ramapo College of New Jersey and is now pursuing a Ph.D. in analytical chemistry at a university in Indiana, swam for three years on the school’s men ...