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SWEET INVENTION: A HISTORY OF DESSERT
By: Michael Krondl
Sweet Invention: A History of Dessert
Chicago Review Press
October 2011
On Sale: October 1, 2011
400 pages
ISBN: 1556529546
EAN: 9781556529542
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Cooking / Food
From the sacred fudge served to Indiaβs gods to the ephemeral baklava of Istanbulβs harems, the towering sugar creations of Renaissance Italy, and the exotically scented macarons of twenty-first century Paris, the worldβs confectionary arts have not only mirrored social, technological, and political revolutions, they have also, in many ways, been in their vanguard. Sweet Invention: A History of Dessert captures the stories of sweet makers past and present from India, the Middle East, Italy, France, Vienna, and the United States, as author Michael Krondl meets with confectioners around the globe, savoring and exploring the dessert icons of each tradition. Readers will be tantalized by the rich history of each regionβs unforgettable desserts and tempted to try their own hand at a time-honored recipe. A fascinating and rewarding read for any lover of sugar, butter, and cream, Sweet Invention embraces the pleasures of dessert while unveiling the secular, metaphysical, and even sexual uses that societies have found for it.
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