Chocolate Fads, Folklore & Fantasies

1,000+ Chunks of Chocolate Information

Frank Hoffmann, Linda K Fuller, Beulah B Ramirez (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

298 Seiten

1994
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-56024-337-3 (ISBN)

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According to the Chocolate Manufacturers Association, American consumption of chocolate is about 11 pounds per person, per annum. This book is designed as an answer to satisfying chocolate cravings, documenting the chocolate phenomenon by means of 1,000+ chocolate chunks of information.

Chocolate Fads, Folklore & Fantasies is the low-cal answer to satisfying chocolate cravings. Documenting the chocolate phenomenon by means of 1,000+ chocolate chunks of information, this tempting book discusses:

Chocolate Fads: chocolate books, chocolate goodies (cakes, candy, cookies, ice cream), chocolate clubs, chocolate festivals, chocolate fund-raising, chocolate marketing, chocolate media, and chocolate novelties
Chocolate Folklore: chocolate companies, chocolate history, chocolate nutrition, chocolate moguls, chocolate quotes, chocolate tips, chocolate trivia, and chocolate types
Chocolate Fantasies: chocoholism, chocolate feasts, chocolate love, chocolate parties, chocolate promotions, and chocolate psychology. At the end of the book is a 200-item Chocoquiz, in the style of Trivial Pursuit, so that readers can use the book as a reference source to know everything there is to know about chocolate.Reference sections include acknowledgments to chocolate manufacturers, chocolate-related companies, a listing of chocolate publications (media articles, children's books, chocolate guides, cookbooks, chocolate humor, and chocolate specialities), and an impressive list of addresses and telephone numbers for more than 100 chocolate and chocolate-related companies. All chocoholics, out of the closet or not, will want to read this book. Chocolate Fads, Folklore & Fantasies promises to be the last word in chocolate, no fudging!

Linda K. Fuller, PhD, has written extensively about popular culture,including the tour book Trips & Trivia, an audience study onThe Cosby Show, and a guide to Community Television, plus she isco-author of Communicating Comfortably and CommunicatingQuotably, and co-editor of the multi-volume series on Americanpopular film, Beyond the Stars and Communicating About CommunicableDiseases. Her other books for Haworth are Yogurt, Yoghurt,Youghourt: An International Cookbook and Media-Mediated Relationships.Dr. Fuller is an Assistant Professor in the Media Departmentof Worcester (MA) State College. She and her family, alldevoted chocoholics, live in Massachusetts with their chocolatelabrador retriever, 'Truffles."

Foreword (William Frost Mobley)
I. Introduction
II. Chocolate Fads
Chocolate Books
Chocolate Goodies
Chocolate Clubs
Chocolate Festivals
Chocolate Fund-Raising
Chocolate Marketing
Chocolate Media
Chocolate Novelties
III. Chocolate Folklore
Chocolate Companies
Chocolate History
Chocolate Nutrition
Chocolate Moguls
Chocolate Quotes
Chocolate Tips
Chocolate Trivia
Chocolate Types
IV. Chocolate Fantasies
Chocoholism
Chocolate Feasts
Chocolate Love
Chocolate Parties
Chocolate Promotions
Chocolate Psychology
V. Chocoquiz
Chocoquestions
Chocoanswers
Appendix A: Choco-Marketing-Mania Survey
Appendix B: Media Citations: Chocolate 1979-1992
Appendix C: Addressees of Chocolate Companies
Choco-References
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	10.5.1994
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	612 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
ISBN-10	1-56024-337-6 / 1560243376
ISBN-13	978-1-56024-337-3 / 9781560243373
Zustand	Neuware