Naked Chocolate By Shazzie & David Wolfe
The best book on raw chocolate and more! It is a complete book of chocolate history, potions and recipes, incredible chocolate alchemy. Raw cacao is true naked chocolate.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
- David
- Shazzie
- Cacao's Properties
Part I: Cacao
- Legends of Cacao
- Theobroma Cacao
- A Brief History of Chocolate
- Money Does Grow On Trees
Part II: Scientific Properties of Chocolate
- Chemical Composition of Cacao
- Magnesium
- Antioxidants
- Methylxanthines: Theobromine and Caffeine
- Phenylethylamine
- Anandamide (the Bliss Chemical)
- Neurotransmitter Modulating Agents
- Tryptophan
Part III: Exotic Properties of Chocolate
- Aphrodisia
- Nobility
- Nature's Prozac (Anti-Depressant Properties of Cacao)
- Tryptamines, Phenylalanines, Lactones and Cannabinoids
- Chocolate as Medicine
- Chocolate and Pregnancy
- Chocolate Yoga
- Overcoming Chocolate Addictions
Part IV: Chocolate Alchemy
- Curing by Contraries
- Naked Chocolate
- Organic Food
- The Ancient Chocolate Drink
- Cacao's Best Friends
- Other Old and New Friends of Cacao
- What to do with Cacao Beans
- The New Cacao Beverage
- The Recipes
Appendices
- Chocolate for the Skin
- The Chocolate Religion
- Finding the Best Chocolate
A Secret History of Chocolate
The Last Bits
- References
- Credits
- Shazzie's Projects and Resources
- David Wolfe's Projects and Resources
- About the Authors |
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