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    The Oxford companion to sugar and sweets / edited by Darra Goldstein.

    Contributor(s): Goldstein, Darra [editor.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]Description: xxv, 888 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780199313396; 0199313393; 9780199313624; 0199313628; 9780199313402; 0199313407Other title: Sugar and sweetsSubject(s): Sweeteners -- Encyclopedias | Confectionery -- Encyclopedias | Confectionery | Sweeteners | Godis | Sötningsmedel | Bakning | Sucre | Produits de pâtisserie-confiserie | 2016NEWSEPTEMBERGenre/Form: Encyclopedias. | Encyclopedias.DDC classification: 664/.1003 LOC classification: TP421 | .O94 2015
    Contents:
    Topical outline of entries -- The Oxford companion to sugar and sweets.
    Introduction -- Topical outline of entries -- The Oxford companion to sugars and sweets -- Appendixes: Films ; Songs ; Pastry shops ; Museums.
    Summary: 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.Summary: 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."
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    Includes bibliographical references and index.

    Topical outline of entries -- The Oxford companion to sugar and sweets.

    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.

    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."

    Introduction -- Topical outline of entries -- The Oxford companion to sugars and sweets -- Appendixes: Films ; Songs ; Pastry shops ; Museums.

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