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CHAPTER 6 Sinfully Delicious: The Darker Side of Chocolate

  • Erin Alice Cowling
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© 2021 University of Toronto Press, Toronto

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Illustrations ix
  4. Preface xi
  5. Introduction 1
  6. CHAPTER 1 Pre-Columbian Conceptions of Chocolate 8
  7. CHAPTER 2 Encountering Chocolate: What Is It Good For? 22
  8. CHAPTER 3 Chocolate-Covered Commerce: How Chocolate Came into Popularity in the Old World 43
  9. CHAPTER 4 Chocolate in the Church: Ecclesiastical Debates on Chocolate and Fasting 80
  10. CHAPTER 5 Chocolate: A Prescription for Health? 106
  11. CHAPTER 6 Sinfully Delicious: The Darker Side of Chocolate 132
  12. CHAPTER 7 Conclusion 159
  13. Epilogue: Chocolate Then, Chocolate Now 165
  14. APPENDICES Chocolate in the Early Modern Imagination 169
  15. Notes 177
  16. Works Cited 193
  17. Index 207
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487517649-009

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Illustrations ix
  4. Preface xi
  5. Introduction 1
  6. CHAPTER 1 Pre-Columbian Conceptions of Chocolate 8
  7. CHAPTER 2 Encountering Chocolate: What Is It Good For? 22
  8. CHAPTER 3 Chocolate-Covered Commerce: How Chocolate Came into Popularity in the Old World 43
  9. CHAPTER 4 Chocolate in the Church: Ecclesiastical Debates on Chocolate and Fasting 80
  10. CHAPTER 5 Chocolate: A Prescription for Health? 106
  11. CHAPTER 6 Sinfully Delicious: The Darker Side of Chocolate 132
  12. CHAPTER 7 Conclusion 159
  13. Epilogue: Chocolate Then, Chocolate Now 165
  14. APPENDICES Chocolate in the Early Modern Imagination 169
  15. Notes 177
  16. Works Cited 193
  17. Index 207
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