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Chocolate Wars

The 150-Year Rivalry Between the World's Greatest Chocolate Makers
by Deborah Cadbury
Chocolate Wars: The 150-Year Rivalry Between the World's Greatest Chocolate Makers. PublicAffairs: Perseus. Oct. 2010. c.384p. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781586488208. $27.95. COOKING
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Cadbury (Space Race: The Battle To Rule the Heavens), a descendant of the Cadbury family, here traces the development—via her famous family and world events, ending with Kraft's 2010 Cadbury acquisition—of the international chocolate industry from its humble beginning with a fatty and gritty drink in the early 1800s to the milk chocolate confections we know today. In addition to providing a history of chocolate, she also stresses the importance of the Cadburys' Quaker religion in their lives and businesses practices. In the Quaker tradition, the Cadbury family was very concerned with social welfare and righting social wrongs, including poverty and slavery. Although written by proud Cadbury kin, the narrative is balanced and fair.
VERDICT Overall, this is a well-written and well-researched look at chocolate and the Quaker business tradition that any food or history buff will enjoy.
Reviewed by Lisa A. Ennis, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham Lib. , Sep 15, 2010
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