Sweets by Tim Richardson
We are all, secretly or openly, obsessed with sweet things. From the very earliest human societies - there is evidence that Neolithic people made sweets - to modern day, there is nothing more likely to get your juices flowing than a sweet. Tim Richardson's research has taken in the whole world and all of history. So we read that the Aztecs mixed chocolate with blood in sweet libations to their gods, Saladin entertained Richard the Lionheart with exotic sherbets and sugared jellies in 1191, Victorian sweet magnates built the towns of Bournville and Hersheyville as special housing for those who make sweets, and in the 21st century we discover that the production of sweets is an extremely high-tech industry shrouded in the kind of secrecy which would make Willy Wonka blush.
Tim Richardson is a sweet-obsessive whose grandfather ran a sweet shop and whose father was a dentist. Formerly editor of New Eden, the upmarket gardening magazine, Tim now travels the world writing articles for Wallpaper* and sampling exotic confectionery.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780593049549 |
| ISBN 10 | 0593049543 |
| Title | Sweets |
| Author | Tim Richardson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2002-10-14 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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