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Candy : a century of panic and pleasure / Samira Kawash.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Faber & Faber, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: First editionDescription: viii, 402 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0865477566
  • 9780865477568
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 394.12 23
LOC classification:
  • GT2868.2.U6 K39 2013
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.
Summary: "A lively cultural history that explains how candy became more like food and food more like candy"-- Provided by publisher.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 394.12 KAW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A516152B

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"A lively cultural history that explains how candy became more like food and food more like candy"-- Provided by publisher.

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