The Bittersweet World of Chocolate: Sumptuous recipes using fair trade chocolate

The first chocolate recipe book dedicated to fair trade, The Bittersweet World of Chocolate offers fabulous new ideas for dishes to make with chocolate and cocoa. With savory as well as sweet recipes, this is a unique book that shows the remarkable versatility of this most sought-after ingredient—from chocolate enchiladas to chocolate cake with lemon filling.

While cooking, the reader can also find out about the eventful history of chocolate and how cocoa is farmed and processed today. Through photos and stories, it shows why more and more people are reaching for fair-trade chocolate bars.

Troth Wells joined the New Internationalist in 1972 to help launch the magazine. She has written a number of world food books including the Spices of Life and the World in your Kitchen. She an editor of the World Guide, a global reference source that focuses on majority world issues. Nikki van der Gaag is a freelance writer, editor and evaluator on development issues. Prior to this she was editorial director at the Panos Institute and co-editor of the New Internationalist magazine.