Every year, the tiny Central American nation throws an all-out bash in the name of its favorite dessert: chocolate. And from ...

Ancient hot chocolate recipes called for pouring the drink back and forth between vessels to create a bubbly head that rose to the surface, much like a foam-topped cappuccino. While this method is ...

Dark chocolate (70%+ cocoa) significantly reduces depression symptoms in clinical studies. Theobromine in chocolate modulates ...

Tribute was exacted in the form of cured beans, an indispensable ingredient in the savory chocolate drink cacahuatl—also ... and uses of vanilla in the ancient world.” A 3,600-year-old jug ...

We have the ancient Maya of Mesoamerica (which ... This is an illustration of a chocolate press. Chocolate was ‘the’ drink of the European aristocracies - no upper-class home was complete ...

Hostetler sells truffles and cacao discs for mixing and forming into the Mexican chocolate drink with ancient Aztec roots. If you consider yourself a more-than-casual chocolate fan, tracking down ...

Spain had something that the Americas lacked—sugar—and this addition may have been what turned a bitter drink into the ... to inspire thoughts of chocolate as an ancient symbol for the good ...

Based on archeological finds, it’s thought that people from Ecuador’s ancient Mayo-Chinchipe ... of humans consuming chocolate in a more modern form, as a hot drink. It went on to be popular ...

Contrary to popular belief, chocolate was not first enjoyed by the Europeans, nor by the ancient Mayans. A team of scientists discovered cacao remains in the Ecuadorian Amazon dating back to 5,500 ...

In a world where pharmaceutical interventions dominate mental health treatment, researchers are exploring traditional remedies with scientifically backed benefits. Among these ancient treatments ...