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Sweets and candy : a global history

Title: Sweets and candy : a global history / Laura Mason.
Author: Mason, Laura, 1957-2021
Publication: London, UK : Reaktion Books Ltd, 2018.

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Description

167 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 21 cm

Summary

"With eye-catching shapes, interesting flavours and enticing textures, sweets and candy are much-loved worldwide by people of all ages. They provide minor treats, lessons in economics for children, and colourful novelties to mark festivities. Methods for making sweets can be traced back to the importance of sugar in Arabic medicine and the probable origin of this in ancient India. But these seemingly inconsequential items are freighted with centuries of changing cultural attitudes, social and economic history, emotional attachments and divergent views on the role of sugar in health. How did confectionery become so popular? Why do we value concentrated sweetness in such varied forms? Why persist in eating sweets? From marzipan pigs and nutty nougat to bubblegum and bonbons, Sweets and Candy looks behind the glamour and sparkle to explore the sticky history of confectionery. Laura Mason describes many of the bewildering varieties and the fascinating ways in which different cultures have made, consumed, valued and adored sweets and candy throughout history. Featuring a selection of scrumptious recipes to try at home, this global history will appeal to sweet-toothed readers, as well as all those interested in the history of food."--

Series Statement

Edible

Uniform Title

Edible.

Subjects

Candy > History
Confectionery > History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-156) and index.

Call Number

JFD 18-2354

ISBN

1780239270
9781780239279

OCLC

1004763008

Author

Mason, Laura, 1957-2021, author.

Title

Sweets and candy : a global history / Laura Mason.

Publisher

London, UK : Reaktion Books Ltd, 2018.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Edible

Edible.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-156) and index.

Research Call Number

JFD 18-2354

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