For the Love of Chocolate

Download or read book For the Love of Chocolate written by Karen Rowe and published by . This book was released on 2008-12-14 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chocolate. Seductive, decadent and sinfully delicious. The pages of this book are dripping with an assortment of facts, trivia and history about the worlds favorite indulgence: Dark chocolate contains four times the antioxidants of green tea and six times what is found in blueberries; raw cacao has even more. Chocolate also contains theobromine, a gentle, non-addictive stimulant; it provides energy and increases alertness and concentration without the jitters. The cacao tree, a sacred plant to the Mayans, was believed to have been delivered to humans by the gods; they used the beans as currency. Every Russian and American space voyage has included chocolate bars. ANDIndulge in mouth-watering recipes, useful tips and intriguing morsels.