author
Brandon Head
A little-known early 20th-century writer, he is remembered for a lively, accessible book about cocoa and chocolate. His work mixes history, cultivation, industry, and everyday enjoyment into a portrait of a food that had already become a global obsession.
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The Food of the Gods A Popular Account of Cocoa
by Brandon Head
About the author
Brandon Head is best known for The Food of the Gods: A Popular Account of Cocoa, published in 1903. The book explores where cocoa comes from, how it is grown and processed, and why it mattered so much to readers at the time.
Rather than writing as a specialist for experts only, he presents cocoa in a clear, popular style. The result is part history, part travel and industry writing, and part celebration of chocolate as both a household pleasure and an important commercial product.
Very little reliable biographical information about Head appears to survive in the sources available here. What can be said with confidence is that his name remains attached to this engaging nonfiction work, which continues to circulate through public-domain and library editions.