Candy : a century of panic and pleasure /
Samira Kawash.
- First edition.
- viii, 402 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 22 cm
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"--
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Candy--Social aspects Candy--History--United States Candy industry--History--United States Food--History. Pleasure.