Books by Mort Rosenblum and Complete Book Reviews

CHOCOLATE: A Bittersweet Saga of Dark and Light

Mort Rosenblum, Author . North Point $24 (290p) ISBN 978-0-86547-635-6

Did the Aztecs discover chocolate? Do the Swiss make the world's best chocolate? Is Godiva chocolate worth its price? No, no and no, according to Francophilic foodie Rosenblum (Olives ). Although he'd always considered himself a "chocolat

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The ""Abortion Pill"": Ru-486, a Woman's Choice

Etienne-Emile Baulieu, Author, Mort Rosenblum, Author Simon & Schuster $21.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-671-73816-7

French endocrinologist Baulieu, with the help of Associated Press senior correspondent Rosenblum, promotes the ``abortion pill,'' RU-486, which remains unavailable in the U.S. Baulieu's research in sex hormones was instrumental in the synthesis of...

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Olives

Mort Rosenblum, Author North Point Press $25 (250p) ISBN 978-0-86547-503-8

""Olives,"" writes Rosenblum (The Secret Life of the Seine), ""have oiled the wheels of civilization since Jericho built walls and ancient Greece was morning news."" In this delightful and comprehensive account, he tells us about his travels...

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Squandering Eden: Africa at the Edge

Mort Rosenblum, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $19.95 (326p) ISBN 978-0-15-184860-7

AP correspondent Rosenblum and scientist Williamson look at Africa's economic and social problemsoverpopulation, hunger, AIDS, enormous debt, racism, disappearing wildlife, ecological disasterand paint a gloomy picture of a desperate situation....

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Back Home: A Foreign Correspondent Rediscovers America

Mort Rosenblum, Author William Morrow & Company $19.95 (447p) ISBN 978-0-688-07780-8

Though absent from the U.S. for over 20 years as a foreign correspondent for the Associated Press and editor of the International Herald Tribune , Rosenblum ( Coups and Earthquakes ) here draws a detailed and incisive portrait of his native land....

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Who Stole the News?: Why We Can't Keep Up with What Happens in the World and What We Can Do about It

Mort Rosenblum, Author John Wiley & Sons $24.95 (298p) ISBN 978-0-471-58522-0

The news hasn't really been stolen, but rather, concludes Rosenblum ( Back Home ), it has been ``mugged, muffled and muzzled . . .'' What Rosenblum, a foreign correspondent for 25 years, means by news is not urban and domestic violence or Amy Fisher

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The Secret Life of the Seine

Mort Rosenblum, Author Addison Wesley Publishing Company $21 (290p) ISBN 978-0-201-62461-8

When Rosenblum, a correspondent for the Associated Press and former editor-in-chief of the International Herald Tribune , lost his idyllic apartment on Paris's Ile Saint-Louis, he and his companion set up housekeeping on a 54-foot launch on the...

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A Goose in Toulouse: And Other Culinary Adventures in France

Mort Rosenblum, Author Hyperion Books $25 (320p) ISBN 978-0-7868-6465-2

Everyone knows that in France food is serious business. So it's no surprise that for each of Rosenblum's stories about French food, there's another intertwined story full of love, hatred, cultural clashes or political machinations. Where else do...

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