An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List

425. The History Of Chocolate

March 04, 2024

Description

‘For if a person fatigued with long and hard labour, or with a violent agitation of the mind, takes a good dish of chocolate, he shall perceive almost instantly that his faintness shall cease, and...
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Books Referenced

The Natural History of Chocolate

Author: Monsieur de Quilloux

Context:

Explicitly mentioned as a book written in the early 18th century and translated into English in 1724, discussing the benefits of chocolate

Adventure Time, The Fall of the Aztecs

Author: Various (Children's)

Context:

Described as 'a brilliant book for younger readers' that discusses the Olmec civilisation at the beginning

Question Moral, Si il Chocolate che perante è uno ecclesiastico

Author: Antonio de Leon Pinello

Context:

Mentioned as a book from 1636 with 'the catchy title' addressing whether chocolate breaks an ecclesiastical fast

Chocolati Tobacco, A uno ecclesiastico e natural

Author: Tomas Ortado

Context:

Described as 'another book' written by a member of the Cleric's Regular Minor order, arguing in favor of chocolate consumption

A New System of Domestic Cookery

Author: Maria Rundell

Context:

Mentioned as a cookbook from 1814 containing a recipe for cocoa as 'a light and wholesome breakfast'

Bourneville

Author: Jonathan Coe

Context:

Described as 'Jonathan Coe's brilliant novel, Bourneville' when discussing the Cadbury model village

The Road to Wigan Pier

Author: George Orwell

Context:

Referenced (transcribed as 'Broadswigan Pier') when discussing Orwell's quote about chocolate helping to avert revolution during the Great Depression