Jeanne Bourin

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,...See more

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. See less