The Food of the Gods / A Popular Account of Cocoa
by Brandon Head
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Chapters (25)
- THE FOOD OF THE GODS
- A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF COCOA
- BRANDON HEAD
- 1903
- CONTENTS.
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS.
- "THE FOOD OF THE GODS."
- I. ITS NATURE.
- FOOTNOTES:
- II. ITS GROWTH AND CULTIVATION.
- FOOTNOTES:
- III. ITS MANUFACTURE.
- SECTION OF A CHOCOLATE FACTORY.
- FOOTNOTES:
- IV. ITS HISTORY.
- TABLE SHOWING THE QUANTITIES OF CACAO CLEARED FOR HOME CONSUMPTION SINCE 1880.
- FOOTNOTES:
- V. ITS SOURCES AND VARIETIES.
- FOOTNOTES:
- APPENDIX I.
- ANCIENT MANUFACTURE OF COCOA.
- APPENDIX II.
- BOURNVILLE WORKS SUGGESTION SCHEME.
- APPENDIX III.
- THE EARLY COCOA HOUSES.
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