You can drink it, and you can cook with it. You can even make buildings, dresses, and hats out of it. You can give it to somebody as a present, or you can buy it for yourself. And of course you can eat it. Dark chocolate, milk chocolate, white chocolate, chocolates with gold on the outside – everybody loves chocolate.

Follow its story, from the forests of Central America hundreds of years ago, through Africa, Europe, and the United States, to the growing markets of India and China. Perhaps you need a little something to eat while you read …


這樣東西可以喝，可以拿來做菜。甚至可以用來蓋房屋、做成衣服和帽子，可說是送禮自用兩相宜，而且，它當然也可以拿來吃。任何種類的巧克力，不論是黑巧克力、白巧克力、牛奶巧克力還是外邊鑲金的巧克力，大家都喜歡吃。

追隨巧克力傳播的途徑，從幾百年前的中美洲出發，穿越非洲、歐洲與美國，最終傳到需求量漸大的印度與中國。當你閱讀此書時，或許會開始嘴饞想吃點東西。