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Also by Michael Krondl:

Sweet Invention: A History of Dessert, October 2011
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The Taste of Conquest, November 2007
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Sweet Invention: A History of Dessert
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 India’s gods to the ephemeral baklava of Istanbul’s harems, the towering sugar creations of Renaissance Italy, and the exotically scented macarons of twenty-first century Paris, the world’s 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 region’s 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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