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Food of the gods for love

By Yu Ran | China Daily | Updated: 2011-02-13 08:24

Food of the gods for love

Shanghai

Valentine's Day is that one day in the year when you can shower love and chocolates on that significant other, following a tradition that goes back as far as the ancient civilizations of South America.

Since the days of the Aztecs, chocolate has been used as a gift. Even the scientific name for the tree from which chocolate is derived, Theobroma cacao, means "food of the gods" when translated from the original in Greek.

Food of the gods for love

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