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Sweeteners -- Encyclopedias.
Confectionery -- Encyclopedias.
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Sweeteners -- Encyclopedias.
Confectionery -- Encyclopedias.
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The
Oxford
companion
to
sugar
and
sweets
/ edited by Darra Goldstein.
Oxford University Press, c2015.
Call #:
664.1003 O98
Subjects
Sweeteners -- Encyclopedias.
Confectionery -- Encyclopedias.
ISBN:
9780199313396 (hc)
0199313393 (hc)
Alternate title:
Sugar
and
sweets
Description:
xxv, 888 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Topical outline of entries -- The
Oxford
companion
to sugars and
sweets
-- Appendixes: Films ; Songs ; Pastry shops ; Museums.
Summary:
Not a cookbook, but a encyclopedia collection of entries on all things sweet. The articles explore the ways in which our taste for sweetness have shaped-- and been shaped by-- history. In addition, you'll discover the origins of mud pie; who the Sara Lee company was named after; why Walker Smith, Jr. is better known as "
Sugar
Ray Robinson"; and how lyricists have immortalized
sweets
from "Blueberry Hill" to "Tutti Fruiti."
Other authors:
Goldstein, Darra
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664.1003 O98
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