Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Darra Goldstein (Editor), Sidney Mintz (Foreword by)Series:Oxford CompanionsPublish date:2015-05-01Pages:948
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford Univ PRISBN-13:9780199313396ISBN-10:199313393UPC:9780199313396Book Category:Technology & Engineering, CookingBook Subcategory:Food Science, Courses & DishesBook Topic:DessertsSize:10.30 x 7.20 x 1.90 inchesWeight:3.7038Product ID:SCXABKX5J6
Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets
A sweet tooth is a powerful thing. Babies everywhere seem to smile when tasting sweetness for the first time, a trait inherited, perhaps, from our ancestors who foraged for sweet foods that were generally safer to eat than their bitter counterparts. But the "science of sweet" is only the beginning of a fascinating story, because it is not basic human need or simple biological impulse that prompts...
Series: Oxford Companions
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford Univ PRISBN-13:9780199313396ISBN-10:199313393UPC:9780199313396Book Category:Technology & Engineering, CookingBook Subcategory:Food Science, Courses & DishesBook Topic:DessertsSize:10.30 x 7.20 x 1.90 inchesWeight:3.7038Product ID:SCXABKX5J6
Darra Goldstein is the Willcox and Harriet Adsit Professor of Russian at Williams College, having earned her Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literatures from Stanford University. She combines her love of literature with a passion for food studies, a field she helped pioneer by founding Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture, which has been called a culinary New Yorker for its incorporation...
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