Most comprehensive reference work on the idea of the sweet ever published, with entries on all aspects of sweetness, including chemical, technical, social, cultural, and linguistic
Beautifully illustrated with 157 images, including 2 stunning 16-page color inserts
Edited by Darra Goldstein, a widely respected scholar and the author of several award-winning culinary books
Foreword by the legendary anthropologist Sidney Mintz, author of Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History
Four fascinating appendices, on sweets in cinema, the world's best pastry shops, sweet language in music, and museums dedicated to sweets
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