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Sugar : a global history

By Smith , Andrew Franklin

Book information

Publisher
Reaktion Books
Year
2015
ISBN
9781322950914, 1322950911
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
3 MB (2676719 bytes)
Series
Edible
Pages
159\0
Time added
2017-08-15 11:00:00
Confectionery -- History.;Confiseries -- Industrie

Description

Overview: It’s no surprise that sugar has been on our minds for millennia. First cultivated in New Guinea around 8,000 B.C.E., this addictive sweetener has since come to dominate our appetites—whether in candy, desserts, soft drinks, or even pasta sauces—for better and for worse. In this book, Andrew F. Smith offers a fascinating history of this simultaneously beloved and reviled ingredient, holding its incredible value as a global commodity up against its darker legacies of slavery and widespread obesity.

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