Wild Chocolate
Across the Americas in Search of Cacao's Soul
$41.84
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
2 January 2025
Summary
From James Beard Award-winning author Rowan Jacobsen, the thrilling story of the farmers, activists, and chocolate makers fighting all odds to revive ancient cacao and produce the world’s finest bar.
When Rowan Jacobsen first heard of a chocolate bar made entirely from wild Bolivian cacao, he was skeptical. A childhood of waxy mass-market chocolate had left him indifferent to the sweet, and most experts believed wild cacao had disappeared from the rainforest centuries…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781639733576 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1639733574 |
| Author: | Rowan Jacobsen |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 2 January 2025 |
| Weight: | 460g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 150mm x 212mm |
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Critics Review
Jacobsen captivates with this dual narrative … The real delicacy here, though, is the arresting prose. * Publishers Weekly, starred review, on TRUFFLE HOUND *
A Mark Kurlansky–esque romp … an altogether delightful narrative. Fans of pungent flavors—and pungent prose—will enjoy this mouthwatering grand tour of a culinary treasure. * Kirkus Reviews, starred review, on TRUFFLE HOUND *
One of the most remarkable single-subject books to come along in a while … engaging and sprightly. * Los Angeles Times on A GEOGRAPHY OF OYSTERS *
For anyone who’s willing to get swept up in the grand romance of food, this handsome volume will make for seductive reading. * NPR’s Morning Edition, on APPLES OF UNCOMMON CHARACTER *
Rowan Jacobsen
Rowan Jacobsen is the author of eight books, including the James Beard Award-winning A Geography of Oysters and 2021’s Truffle Hound. He has written for the New York Times, Harper’s, Outside, Food & Wine, Forbes, Mother Jones, Scientific American, Smithsonian, Vice, and others, and he appears regularly in Best American Science & Nature Writing and Best Food Writing. He has been an Alicia Patterson Foundation fellow, a McGraw Center fellow, and a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT. The creator and host of the 2022 podcast series “Wild Chocolate,” he lives in Vermont.
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