Chapter 10
Chocolate Preparation and Serving Vessels in Early North America
Amanda Lange,
Amanda Lange
Curatorial Department Chair and Curator of Historic Interiors, Historic Deerfield, Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA
Search for more papers by this authorAmanda Lange,
Amanda Lange
Curatorial Department Chair and Curator of Historic Interiors, Historic Deerfield, Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA
Search for more papers by this authorBook Editor(s):Louis Evan Grivetti,
Howard-Yana Shapiro,
Louis Evan Grivetti
Professor Emeritos
Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, California, USA
Search for more papers by this authorHoward-Yana Shapiro
Director of Plant Science
Mars, Incorporated, McLean, Virginia, USA
University of California, Davis, California, USA
Search for more papers by this authorSummary
This chapter contains sections titled:
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Introduction
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Preparing Chocolate
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Chocolate Pots
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Chocolate Drinking in the 19th century
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Acknowledgments
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Endnotes
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References
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