Bitter Chocolate

Bitter ChocolateBy: Carol Off Award winning author and broadcaster Carol Off reveals the fascinatingand often horrifyingstories behind our desire for all things chocolate. Whether its part of a Halloween haul, the contents of a heart shaped box or just a candy bar stashed in a desk drawer, chocolate is synonymous with pleasures both simple and indulgent. But behind the sweet image is a long history of exploitation. In the eighteenth century the European aristocracy

is a warm and approachable book to use in the classroom

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Anne stands starkly exposed

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she’s the golden child who put her theater dreams aside to follow in their entrepreneurial footsteps as a business major

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