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'Wholly entertaining ... as stuffed with rich delights as a box of Belgian chocolates' DAILY MAIL ''The story of chocolate has never been better told'CONDE NAST TRAVELLER 'Calling all chocoholics, this is one history lesson you will relish' DAILY EXPRESS 'This whimsical account of his pig-out pilgrimage is required reading for anyone who would rather not share their Kit-Kat' EVENING STANDARD
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5.0 out of 5 stars
no more curly wurly,
By JimmyDCFC (Birmingham UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Indulgence: One Man's Selfless Search for the Best Chocolate (Paperback)
This book shamed me so much that (having the classic British taste for sweet and fatty goo) I rushed out to my nearest chocolatier (24 hr Tesco) and bought a bounty bar , only this time a dark chocolate one. Yum Yum . Good read though.
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This review is from: Indulgence: One Man's Selfless Search for the Best Chocolate (Paperback)
A good read, but I do find the language a bit flowery at times for my liking. Well researched, this book provides a useful addition to the canon of works that take an in-depth look at chocolate's history and its development and refinement. Unfortunately, the rate at which the fine chocolate market is developing means that the author's views on who the world's finest chocolate makers are, is already out of date, if not at the time the book was written 6 years ago. The only fine bar maker dealt with in any detail is Valrhona, with a single mention, in passing, of Amedei, and nothing on Pralus, Domori etc. Where chocolatiers are concerned, the French section holds up, but the UK piece was written before the rise to fame of stars such as William Curley, Damian Allsop and Paul A. Young. Four stars, but personally I prefer Mort Rosenblum's book, which I feel covers the same ground more interestingly.
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This review is from: Indulgence: Around the World in Search of Chocolate (Hardcover)
The Glasgow Herald says: 'A writer who is prepared to sell his soul for one Lindt Milk Chocolate Animal'What I found extraordinary about this comprehensive book that covers every aspect of the history, cultivation, production, marketing and the social and political issues surrounding chocolate is that, despite mentioning issues concerning fair trade, the author never mentions the Fairtrade Foundation, Divine chocolate or Green & Black's. It's simply not possible that he was unaware of the significance of these brands and the importance of organic cultivation to saving cacao from the ravages of disease and the importance of fair trade to saving cacao growers from the ravages of an unfair trading system, yet he glosses over these issues completely. I'm sure that Lindt will send him some chocolate animals, but this omission seriously reduces the value of an otherwise excellent book. As the founder of Green & Black's chocolate I obviously have an axe to grind, but these issues are of vital importance and it was dismaying to see them sidestepped in a book that aims to be definitive
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