'Twill make old women young and fresh; create new motions of the flesh; And cause them to long for you know what; if they but taste of chocolate.' If you share Captain James Wadsworths's 1652 sentiments about the power of chocolate, then you're not alone.
Jennifer chevalier speaks to Peter Brown of Fairfax House in York and Hazel Forsyth of the Museum of London about the origins of chocolate. She also has the good fortune to meet the chocolatiere and author of Chocolate: the Definitive Guide, Sara Jayne Staines, in her kitchen. Sara Jayne Stanes, Michel Roux, Chocolate: The Definitive Guide, Grub Street; ISBN: 1902304195, £20
