| Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 888 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Topical outline of entries -- The Oxford companion to sugar and sweets -- Films -- Songs -- Pastry Shops -- Museums |
| Summary |
This title provides a collection of nearly 600 entries on all things sweet, written by 265 expert contributors. The book takes readers around the globe and throughout time, affording glimpses deep into the brain as well as stratospheric flights into the world of sugar-crafted fantasies. More than just a compendium of pastries, candies, ices, sweet preserves, and all manner of confections, this work explores the notion of the sweet as one that has brought richness to our language, our art, and of course, our gastronomy |
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The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets is the most ambitious and eclectic reference work of its kind, a sweeping collection of nearly 600 entries on all things sweet, written by 265 expert contributors |
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Not a cookbook, but an 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." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Sweeteners -- Encyclopedias
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Confectionery -- Encyclopedias
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Food Science.
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Confectionery
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Sweeteners
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Kultur
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Süßigkeit
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| Genre/Form |
encyclopedias.
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Encyclopedias
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Encyclopedias.
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Encyclopedias.
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Encyclopédies.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Goldstein, Darra, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780199313617 |
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019931361X |
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9780199313402 |
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0199313407 |
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