Chocolate

✨Sleepy History is written and narrated by humans. ✨Narrated By: Simon Mattacks Written By: Alexandra Turney Find out how the notorious far-right party rose to power under the leadership of Adolf Hitler, turning Germany into a dictatorship by 1934.Includes mentions of: Politics, ...  Afficher plus

✨Sleepy History is written and narrated by humans. ✨ Narrated By: Heather FosterWritten By: Alicia Steffann Explore the history of the Battle of Little Bighorn, or Battle of the Greasy Grass, often misdescribed as “Custer’s Last Stand,” and discover how Crazy Horse used a smarter ...  Afficher plus

Greg Jenner is joined by chocolate historian Alex Hutchinson and British TV legend Richard Osman to explore the culinary and cultural history of chocolate - Britain's favourite confectionery.Just what did the Maya use to flavour their cacao? How did cacao become chocolate and fin ...  Afficher plus

‘For if a person fatigued with long and hard labour, or with a violent agitation of the mind, takes a good dish of chocolate, he shall perceive almost instantly that his faintness shall cease, and his strength shall be recovered’ The Cacao tree was first domesticated by the Olmec ...  Afficher plus

People have been consuming chocolate for at least a couple thousand years, but it's only been in the last hundred that humanity has arrived at its crowning achievement: the smooth, creamy milk chocolate bar. Find out about the history of chocolate, how it's made and how it aff ...