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Inspiring. -MARK BITTMAN
One of the best stories under the sun. -JOSÉ ANDRÉS

From James Beard Award-winner Rowan Jacobsen, the thrilling story of the farmers, activists, and chocolate makers fighting all odds to revive ancient cacao and produce the world''s finest bar.

When Rowan Jacobsen first heard of a chocolate bar made entirely from wild Bolivian cacao, he was skeptical. The waxy mass-market chocolate of his childhood had left him indifferent to it, and most experts believed wild cacao had disappeared from the rainforest centuries ago. But one dazzling bite of Cru Sauvage was all it took. Chasing chocolate down the supply chain and back through history, Jacobsen travels the rainforests of the Amazon and Central America to find the chocolate makers, activists, and indigenous leaders who are bucking the system that long ago abandoned wild and heirloom cacao in favor of high-yield, low-flavor varietals preferred by

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Inspiring. -MARK BITTMANOne of the best stories under the sun. -JOSÉ ANDRÉSFrom James Beard Award-winner Rowan Jacobsen, the thrilling story... Read more

    Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
    Publication Date: 1/2/2025
    ISBN13: 9781639733576, 978-1639733576
    ISBN10: 1639733574

    Non Fiction , Politics, Philosophy & Society

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    Inspiring. -MARK BITTMAN
    One of the best stories under the sun. -JOS    É ANDRÉS

    From James Beard Award-winner Rowan Jacobsen, the thrilling story of the farmers, activists, and chocolate makers fighting all odds to revive ancient cacao and produce the world''s finest bar.

    When Rowan Jacobsen first heard of a chocolate bar made entirely from wild Bolivian cacao, he was skeptical. The waxy mass-market chocolate of his childhood had left him indifferent to it, and most experts believed wild cacao had disappeared from the rainforest centuries ago. But one dazzling bite of Cru Sauvage was all it took. Chasing chocolate down the supply chain and back through history, Jacobsen travels the rainforests of the Amazon and Central America to find the chocolate makers, activists, and indigenous leaders who are bucking the system that long ago abandoned wild and heirloom cacao in favor of high-yield, low-flavor varietals preferred by

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