Title:
Candy : a century of panic and pleasure / Samira Kawash.
Author:
Kawash, Samira, 1963-
Publication Information:
New York : Faber & Faber, [2013]
Call Number:
GT2868.2.U6 K39 2013
Abstract:
"A lively cultural history that explains how candy became more like food and food more like candy"-- Provided by publisher.
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Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780865477568
Physical Description:
viii, 402 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Contents:
Evil or just misunderstood? -- The machine candy revolution -- Fake sweets and fake food -- Demon candy, demon rum -- Becoming food -- In the kitchen -- A nourishing lunch -- Fattening -- A fighting food -- Sugar free -- Cavities -- Trick or treat? -- Junk-food junkies -- Candification -- In defense of candy.
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