From the back:

"Everyone loves chocolate. From Willy Wonka to Ferrero Rocher, the Cadbury's Flake girl to the man from Milk Tray, it is embedded in our culture as perhaps no other foodstuff. Depending on who you listen to, it either clogs up your arteries or reduces the risks of cancer; it is the bringer of acne or the 'Prozac of Candy'; it produces the same chemicals in your brain as when you fall in love.

Paul Richardson has had a sweet tooth ever since his grandmother fed him Lindt milk chocolate animals as a boy. In this fascinating book he satisfies a lifelong craving by travelling the world to find out the history of this most popular of foodstuffs.

Part travelogue, part cultural history, part literary gastronomy, Indulgence is full of the hilarious, the delicious and the downright bizarre."

Read some, skimmed some, skipped some. A very detailed and interesting story of chocolate - I wish I'd been able to concentrate on it properly. My head's in such a turmoil at the moment, though, that I have serious problems focusing on anything really.

Next off to another bookcrossing chocoholic(?) :D

Merry Christmas, Chania!

This chocoholic says thank you!!! This book looks interesting, even the cover is tempting :) Thank you all the rest that came with the package too, can't wait to open the present!

Very interesting book - full of knowledge, history, cultural history. It took some time for me to read this - and it also took some chocolate to read this :)

Next reader will get it as a Christmaspresent, just like I did!

Thank you for the book and the lovely presents -all of them- my Secret Christmas Angel. My cat loved the toy mouse and the soft ball! The chili chocolate, aloe vera candles and cranberry tea I got were also lovely.

Merry boxing day and happy new year for you!

I have picked this book up more than once, but I just haven't gotten into the right mood to properly read it. The book is actually quite heavy reading. The writing style is such. I have skimmed some of it, but as much as I love chocolate I have to let the book go unread.

The book goes to Sakirmo, who has the need for a chocolate themed book.

The book found its way to me, thank you! :)

This was actually more fascinating than I expected, especially the first chapters about Mexico and Venezuela. This guy really takes his chocolate seriously! But I wish I'd read this before going to Oaxaca, because I don't think it ever crossed my mind to try any sort of chocolate drink back then... I guess I just have to go back now!

Will release it at the Oslo convention in a few days' time. Should probably attach some chocolate to it, but after reading this I'm way too self-conscious about my understanding (or the lack thereof) of high quality chocolate, so whoever picks it up will have to do their own shopping :D

** Kolmenkympin haaste #24: lue ja journaloi kirja, joka käsittelee suklaata

** And I want to add MANY THANKS to azuki for the lovely surprise, a Mexican-style chocolate bar!! Haven't tried it yet as I think it deserves to wait for a special occassion... Was nice to meet you at the convention too, perhaps see you next year in Bordeaux :)

I love food, I love travel, and I LOOOOVE chocolate, so this book is really shouting out to me from the buffet table. I am so glad nobody find this before I did.

Thank you for passing this book on. And sakirmo, if you read this before the convention ends... find me! I have something for you!!

I am glad I finished this book, because honestly, my chocolate intake seriously soared while I read it. Thankfully (or not), chocolate is well stocked both at home and at work... I work at a retail store that sells chocolate too, and we used to have El Rey. I wish we still do, so I can sample it while I read about Venezuelan chocolate. Unfortunately, due to economic and political reasons, it was out of stock for months and we had to find other reliable supplies.

And sakirmo, I hope you enjoy the chocolate, and get a taste of how chocolate is like, grounded on stone mill, before Swiss invented conching to make it so smooth. It's pure serendipity, as I brought along a bunch of chocolate for gifting at the BC con. I found myself left with a wheel of the Mexican chocolate, and figured I would just save it for the road, when I journaled my books and saw your entry. It seems like I'm destined to carry the chocolate half way around the world just for you! Thank you for sharing this book! This is one of my favorite brand chocolate sold at my workplace, I love the gritty unrefined texture and rich flavor. Also love how pure it is with only two ingredients: organic cocoa bean and organic cane sugar (plus vanilla, almond or whatever flavor it may be).

Traveling on to seek the next chocolate lover!!

Wow! Just reading through all these lovely JEs was quite satisfying!!
I chose this from the Travel Narrative bookbox. Looks like a great one!

Read a little, skimmed a little. The author is passionate about chocolate...as he should be! As any right-thinking person should be! Ha! One insight he brought up that I thought was good: chocolate is in it's own food group. It's not really food but it's not really dessert. In my opinion, it's just plain necessary!

Releasing to the Travel Bookbox.

To the finder of this book:

This book is gift, no strings attached, from me to you. You may keep it forever, pass it along to a friend, or release it into the wild to be found by someone else.

If you are new to BookCrossing, welcome! Enjoy the site, the book, and the BookCrossing community. I hope you'll join us...it's free! If you do, please consider using me, elizardbreath, as your referring member. You can even remain anonymous if you wish!

I hope you'll make a brief journal entry so all the previous and future readers can track this book's journey.

Thanks, and Happy BookCrossing! :)

Received in the Travel Bookbox.

I currently have too many books on Mount TBR at the moment, so I have decided to pass this along for someone else to enjoy.

Released into the Food Bookbox

Please enjoy!

Get all that CHOCOLATE

I pulled this from the recent Food Bookbox. I shall save this for a read soon.

Paul Richardson travels around the world and back into time to share with his readers the story of chocolate.

My favorite part of the book was the part of one chapter in which he talks about French chocolate. I also enjoyed the information about Hershey chocolate.

Other than these two parts, I must admit that I read quickly through the chapters about the history of chocolate in the New World and chocolate in other parts of the world.

Off to a new reader!

Thank you for sharing this book!