'Venezuelan Cacao in the 18th Century'

Venezuelan Cacao in the 18th Century

11/29/07 10:25

When I first came upon this website, I thought that it's another recipe book giving out its version of the Food for the Gods. Well I haven't eaten that yet--I might've but just didn't know it--but I know that it uses a lot of chocolate. Venezuela, as we all know, is a majorproducer of cacao beans, which are used to make chocolate. They were particularly famous for producing it during the 1700s. How much was its impact? Read this dissertation from the University of Connecticut to find out. FOOD OF THE GODS: CACAO AND THE ECONOMY OF THE PROVINCE OF CARACAS, 1700-1770 (VENEZUELA) News Digest Blog Tags: • caracas • history • cacao • food • - Permalink Previous (Newer) Post Next (Older) Post Comments Thinking about making a comment on this blog post? Great! But please remember that this space is for just that, comments about this blog post. It is not a place to post random thoughts about other stuff. We found that most of the "comments" posted here are not comments at all and should have really been posted in our forum. So: If you have something to say that's not exactly a comment on this blog post, please post it on the Venezuela Expat and Travel Blog Forum If you are just planning to spam... go away as all the comments are premoderated Have something to actually say about this blog post, please submit your comment here: Leave a comment: We welcome your comments on this post in the Venezuela Expat and Travel Blog. That means a comment on this post, not something about some other topic. Name: (required) Email: (required, not published) Comment: Note: Your comment will be immediately submitted and you will have no opportunity to review to edit it. It is recommend that you register on Venezuela Expat and Travel Blog and login so you can include full html (ie: links). We don't have a chapta because we think we're smarter than the spambots.