Sweets: a history of temptation
Auteur :
Richardson, Tim
Éditeur :
Transworld Publishers Ltd
ISBN :
9780553814460
Date de publication :
1 avr. 2004
Dimensions :
19,8 x 12,7 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
283 g
Format :
B-format paperback
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
It is a truth universally acknowledged that everyone loves sweets. By association, the confectioner's art was at first medical in nature and many sweets (such as aniseed balls, which were a medieval cure for indigestion) were originally consumed for reasons of health. Other sweets came in-to being in the worlds of ritual and magic.