Food History

The Food of the Gods

by Brandon Head

A popular account of cocoa and chocolate, from the Aztec cup to the Victorian factory. The title comes from Linnaeus’s name for the cocoa tree, Theobroma, food of the gods. It is a short book, and as fond of its subject as the title suggests.

The librarian

Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain text

Reading time

About 1 hr 15 min

Where to find it

On the Food History shelves

Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #16035. In the public domain in the United States.