by Mark Christian | Aug 2, 2009 | Bottom Shelf |
Bookcase Location: BOTTOM SHELF – Honorable Mention Written almost a hundred years ago & reprinted in 2007. Tight synopsis of the plant’s history, cultivation, & manufacture, with half the book being pictures. Much of the info is still valid today,...
by Mark Christian | Aug 2, 2009 | Middle Shelf |
Bookcase Location: MIDDLE SHELF – Permanent Collection Nostalgic trip down memory lane – even for kids just born this morning. Great photos of posters, trademarks, labels, ads, & more. Like Thompson Candy’s pack of Camels called Humps chocolate “cigarettes”....
by Mark Christian | Aug 2, 2009 | Bottom Shelf |
Bookcase Location: BOTTOM SHELF – Honorable Mention A curio & quaint booklet published in 1891, before Milton Hershey even got into the game, let alone chocolate becoming the American candy rage. Walter Baker, the 1st commercial chocolate manufacturer in the...
by Mark Christian | Aug 2, 2009 | Middle Shelf |
Bookcase Location: MIDDLE SHELF – Permanent Collection Solid & factually accurate agricultural reference enjoying periodic publishing editions which keep it updated.
by Mark Christian | Aug 2, 2009 | Middle Shelf |
Bookcase Location: MIDDLE SHELF – Permanent Collection The title concisely incorporates the content. Thick, dense, technical course-work. Among a select group of reference books for chocolate prep & chemistry.
by Mark Christian | Aug 2, 2009 | Middle Shelf |
Bookcase Location: MIDDLE SHELF – Permanent Collection A more accurate subtitle would read ‘Behind the Lines in the Candy War Between Hershey’s & Mars’ because killing each other sweetly is what these dualing empires do. Akin to a David Lynch film, you know...
by Mark Christian | Aug 2, 2009 | Middle Shelf |
Bookcase Location: MIDDLE SHELF – Permanent Collection Charlie & the Chocolate Factory; Roald Dahl; Willy Wonka – enough said. original cover (1964)
by Mark Christian | Aug 2, 2009 | Middle Shelf |
Bookcase Location: MIDDLE SHELF – Permanent Collection The Great American Candy Bar Book (1982) & The Chocolate Chronicles (1985), both by Ray Broekel (out of print at last check; if anyone has a copy of either & willing to temporarily loan it for...
by Mark Christian | Jul 29, 2009 | The Crush Pad Editorials |
For decades Venezuela has been touted as the capital cacáo-growing country in the world, based on earned reputation & the strength of Maricel Presilla’s correct evaluation at the time in her book New Taste of Chocolate (originally published in 2001), so much so...
by Mark Christian | Jul 8, 2009 | Bottom Shelf |
Bookcase Location: BOTTOM SHELF – Honorable Mention Coffee table material, sumptuously photographed with engravings, paintings, portraits, graphs, maps, & collectible memorabilia. A compilation with each chapter written by different author(s). Contains the...
