This delightful tale of one of the world’s favorite foods draws on botany, archaeology, and culinary history to present a complete and accurate history of chocolate. It begins some 4,000 years ago in the jungles of Mexico and Central America with the chocolate tree, Theobroma Cacao, and the complex processes necessary to transform its bitter seeds into what is now known as choc...(展开全部)

This delightful and best-selling tale of one of the world's favorite foods draws upon botany, archaeology, and culinary history to present a complete and accurate history of chocolate. The story begins some 3,000 years ago in the jungles of Mexico and Central America with the chocolate tree, Theobroma Cacao, and the complex processes necessary to transform its bitter seeds into...(展开全部)

索菲·D. 科（Sophie D. Coe），美国人类学家、食物历史学家。 她的书《美国第一美食》1994 年出版，受到普遍好评。 麦克·D. 科（Michael D. Coe），美国耶鲁大学人类学名誉教授。主要著作有《玛雅》《墨西哥》《打破玛雅守则》《吴哥和高棉文明》《解读玛雅铭文》等。

Este relato acerca de uno de los alimentos predilectos del mundo se basa en la botanica, la arqueologia, la socioeconomia y el arte culinario para presentar por primera vez una historia completa y precisa del chocolate. La narracion comienza hace unos 3000 anos en las selvas de Mexico y de America Central con el arbol Theobroma cacao y los complejos procesos necesarios para tra...(展开全部)

This is the remarkable story of tea and its uses from ancient times to the present. The narrative takes the reader from the jungles of Southeast Asia to the splendor of the Tang and Song Dynasties in China, from the tea ceremony aesthetics of medieval Japan to the fabled tea and horse trade of Central Asia, from the advent of Britain's love affair with tea to the tea party that...(展开全部)

The headmaster of Trinity College asks Archie Costello, the leader of the Vigils, a secret society that rules the school, to help with the selling of 20,000 boxes of chocolates in the annual fund-raising effort. Archie sees the chance of adding to his power - he is the Assigner, handing out to the boys tasks to be performed if they are to survive in the school. Freshman, Jerry ...(展开全部)

IN 1974, AFTER SUFFERING rejections from seven major publishers, The Chocolate War made its debut. An uncompromising portrait of conformity and corruption, it quickly became a bestselling—and provocative—classic for young adults. “Masterfully structured and rich in theme; the action is well crafted, well timed, suspenseful.”— The New York Times Book Review “The characteriz...(展开全部)

The classic tale of fantasy, this delightful masterpiece depicts all sorts of characters: greedy, selfish, obnoxious, compassionate, loveable, and generous. Recounting the adventures of four children bent on having their own way, the story's moralistic factor becomes uproariously apparent early on.