Sweet Home Chicago: Chocolate and Confectionery Production and Technology in the Windy City
This fascinating 50s industry "source book" includes both historical and modern information about candy, along with facts about ingredients and confectionery manufacturing. It also provides specific and practical information about the candy industry from economic and scientific perspectives. The book has a detailed chapter dedicated to chocolate from the history of cacao to how it's produced. It also profiles the history of the NCA trade organization from 1884 to 1958. The NCA, now located in Washington, D.C. was based in Chicago for much of its early years.
From: Gott, Philip, All About Candy and Chocolate. A Comprehensive Study of the Candy and Chocolate Industries, (Chicago: National Confectioners' Association of the United States), 1958. Crerar TX791.G69