Tres Sage Heloise (Ldp Litterature)

Jeanne Bourin, the renowned French novelist and historian, evokes her lifelong love of chocolate in the preface. John Feltwell, a British naturalist and Nathalie Bailleux, a French historian collaborated on the chapter," Cacao Plantations," Pierre Labanne, a journalist and collector of chocolate memorabilia, wrote the chapter," The History of Chocolate," In the chapter" Great Names in Chocolate," a team of journalists investigated the finest chocolate manufacturers in the world. Odile Perrard, a writer, contributed the sections on France, Belgium, and the Netherlands; Italian chocolate was studied by Mariarosa Schiaffino, author of "Chocolate" in the "Simple Pleasures "collection published by Webb & Bower; Ré gine Kopp, a journalist, discovered the delights of Swiss chocolate; Corby Kummer, a contributing editor at "The Atlantic Monthly" and author of "The Joy of Coffee" told the story of chocolate in the United States and Great Britain; and Cristina Pauly, an Italian journalist, sampled the riches of Vienna. The final chapter," The Taste of Chocolate," was written by Hervé Bizeul, a celebrated French chef and sommelier.