Research Catalog

Title

On the chocolate trail : a delicious adventure connecting Jews, religions, history, travel, rituals and recipes to the magic of cacao / Rabbi Deborah R. Prinz.

Author

Prinz, Deborah

Publication

Woodstock, Vermont : Jewish Lights Publishing, 2013.

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Details

Description

xxvi, 237 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"Explore the surprising Jewish and other religious connections to chocolate in this gastronomic and historical adventure through cultures, countries, centuries and convictions. Rabbi Deborah Prinz draws from her world travels on the trail of chocolate to enchant chocolate lovers of all backgrounds as she unravels religious connections in the early chocolate trade and shows how Jewish and other religious values infuse chocolate today.With mouth-watering recipes, a glossary of chocolaty terms, tips for buying luscious, ethically produced chocolate, a list of sweet chocolate museums around the world and more, this book unwraps tasty facts such as: Some people, including French (Bayonne) chocolate makers, believe that Jews brought chocolate making to France; The bishop of Chiapas, Mexico, was poisoned because he prohibited local women from drinking chocolate during Mass; Although Quakers do not observe Easter, it was a Quaker-owned chocolate company Frys that claimed to have created the first chocolate Easter egg in the United Kingdom; A born-again Christian businessman in the Midwest marketed his caramel chocolate bar as a Noshie, after the Yiddish word for snack; Chocolate Chanukah gelt may have developed from St. Nicholas customs; The Mayan 'Book of Counsel' taught that gods created humans from chocolate and maize."--Publisher description.

Subjects

• Cacao > Religious aspects
• Cooking (Chocolate)
• Cacao > Religious aspects > Judaism
• Cocoa > History
• Chocolate > History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-226) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Part One. Forging the Jewish chocolate trail. Did Jews introduce chocolate to France? -- The inquisition: chocolate outed Jews and divided Christians -- Jews dip into chocolate in the American Colonial period -- Chanukah and Christmas chocolate melt into gelt -- Chocolate revives refugees, survivors, and immigrants -- Israelis: Meshuga for chocolate -- Part Two. Other religious chocolate revelations. Pre-Colombian peoples idolized chocolate in Mesoamerica -- Faith diffused chocolate around the world -- Utopian chocolate saved souls: from Cadbury to Hershey -- Shopping for the best chocolate: values and ethics.

ISBN

• 9781580234870 (pbk.)
• 1580234879 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2012031818

OCLC

• 794708939
• SCSB-11406839

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library