The history of chocolate - Deanna Pucciarelli
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If you can’t imagine life without chocolate, you’re lucky you weren’t born before the 16th century. Until then, chocolate only existed as a bitter, foamy drink in Mesoamerica. So how did we get from a bitter beverage to the chocolate bars of today? Deanna Pucciarelli traces the fascinating and often cruel history of chocolate.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator
- Deanna Pucciarelli
- Director
- Lisa LaBracio
- Script Editor
- Alex Gendler
- Sound Designer
- Weston Fonger
- Associate Producer
- Jessica Ruby
