From the cover:

A young Spaniard, Diego de Godoy, sets sail for the New World in 1518 in search of fame and fortune. Fighting alonside Cortés and his conquistadors, Diego falls in love with Ignacia, a native woman who initiates him into the sensuous secret of chocolate. Although the lovers are soon separated, Ignacia has given Diego an elixir that will keep him alive for five hundred years. He and his faithful greyhound Pedro are destined to wander throughout the world and down the centuries seeking lost love, the perfection of chocolate and the meaning of life.

Finally this book came home with me too, looked so much like something I love (meaning chocolate) to let it be lying on the table ;)

where the idea of getting some chocolate icecream during the meeting ...

The real part about discovering the joy of eating and drinking chocolate is one of the nicest chapters in the book, very well described and make you wonder what you all missed in life because chocolate can be bought anywhere now...
The rest of the book is also well written, but at the end it starts feeling a bit like the same thing has been repeated too many times. All in all a book that was nice to read while the evenings are getting colder (and even without chocolate in the house....)