All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days. This book title, Sweet as Sin (The Unwrapped Story of How Candy Became America's Favorite Pleasure), ISBN: 9781633881402, by Susan Benjamin, published by Prometheus Books (March 15, 2016) is available in paperback. She notes that many candies are associated with world’s fairs and other major historical events.įun and informative, this book will make you appreciate the candy you love even more by revealing the fascinating backstory behind it. She surveys the many uses of chocolate from the cacao bean enjoyed by Olmec Indians to candy bars carried by GIs in World War II. Susan Benjamin traces people’s changing palate over the centuries as roots, barks, and even bugs were savored as treats. These include a deposed Mexican president who ignited the modern chewing gum industry, the Native Americans who created pemmican, an important food, by mixing fruit with dried meat, and the little-known son of a slave woman who invented the sugar-processing machine still in use today. Along the way, the reader is treated to an assortment of entertaining facts and colorful characters. The author, a food historian and candy expert, tells the whole story-from the harvesting of the marshmallow plant in ancient Egypt to the mass-produced candy innovations of the twentieth century. As this book shows, candy has a remarkable history, most of it sweet, some of it bitter. There’s more to candy than its sugary taste. READERS WITH AN INTEREST IN THE HISTORY OF FOOD AND AMERICANA WILL SAVOR THIS CULTURAL HISTORY RECOMMENDED BY SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE AS A 'BEST BOOK ABOUT FOOD OF 2016'! Lewis George Orwell Mary Pope Osborne LeUyen Pham Dav Pilkey Roger Priddy Rick Riordan J. By AUTHOR Jane Austen Eric Carle Lewis Carroll Roald Dahl Charles Dickens Sydney Hanson C.Indestructubles Little Golden Books Magic School Bus Magic Tree House Pete the Cat Step Into Reading Book The Hunger Games By POPULAR SERIES Chronicles of Narnia Curious Geoge Diary of a Wimpy Kid Fancy Nancy Harry Potter I Survived If You Give.By TOPIC Award Winning Books African American Children's Books Biography & Autobiography Books for Boys Books for Girls Diversity & Inclusion Foreign Language & Bilingual Books Hispanic & Latino Children's Books Holidays & Celebrations Holocaust Books Juvenile Nonfiction New York Times Bestsellers Professional Development Reference Books Test Prep.By GRADE Elementary School Middle School High Schoolīy AGE Board Books (newborn to age 3) Early Childhood Readers (ages 4-8) Children's Picture Books (ages 3-8) Juvenile Fiction (ages 8-12) Young Adult Fiction (ages 12+).BESTSELLERS in EDUCATION Shop All Education Books.

Sweet as Sin by Susan Benjamin