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Sugar-plums and sherbet : the prehistory of sweets
"This study of the ingenuity of sugar-boiling and the manufacture of those intriguing avatars of childhood happiness, the humbug, gobstopper, peardrop and stick of rock is now republished in paperback. As well as a history, it is also a recipe book, with twenty tried and tested methods for swee...
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Totnes :
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2004.
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Sugar-plums and sherbet : |b the prehistory of sweets |c Laura Mason |
| 264 | 1 | |a Totnes : |b Prospect, |c 2004. | |
| 300 | |a 250 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 22 cm. | ||
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| 500 | |a Originally published: 1998. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-240) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |g I. |t In the sweet shop -- |g II. |t Why sweets are not puddings: some definitions -- |g III. |t Sucrose, sugar loaves and cassonade: facts about sugar -- |g IV. |t Boiling and measuring: the alchemy of sugar -- |g V. |t Candy complexities -- |g VI. |t Written in sugar: pulled sweets and seaside rock -- |g VII. |t Sweet acidity: fruit drops and fruit preserved -- |g VIII. |t Lost meanings: comfits -- |g IX. |t Consuming wealth and eating words: sugar paste -- |g X. |t At the interface: sherbet -- |g XI. |t Against the cough: liquorice and marshmallow -- |g XII. |t A late developer: toffee -- |g XIII. |t For the look of the thing -- |g XIV. |t The sugar archives. |
| 520 | 1 | |a "This study of the ingenuity of sugar-boiling and the manufacture of those intriguing avatars of childhood happiness, the humbug, gobstopper, peardrop and stick of rock is now republished in paperback. As well as a history, it is also a recipe book, with twenty tried and tested methods for sweets ancient and modern."--BOOK JACKET. | |
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