Desserts, Social Sciences - General & Miscellaneous, General & Miscellaneous Cooking, Social & Cultural History
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Overview
Remember stopping by the five-and-dime on your way home from school to get a handful of your favorite sweet treat? Candy: The Sweet History covers the goodies of yesteryear: Pay Day, Candy necklaces, Lemonheads, Necco Wafers, Chic-O-Sticks, Abba-Zaba, and many more selected for their nostalgic packaging, yummy tastes, and wonderful stories. Inside this tasty tome are more than 85 sensational candies, including those hard-to-find local favorites made by small, family-owned factories relying on handed-down recipes and old-fashioned techniques. Colorful and tempting photos show standout nostalgic candies - - some in production for more than 100 years - - and the text describes the fascinating stories behind key candy makers and pays homage to our favorites that are no longer available.- 240 never-before published photographs and images from the largest candy makers.
- contains classic recipes for old favorites such as taffy, nougat, gumdrops, brittle, marshmallows, and hard candies.
- features "fun facts" about all the candy makers profiled in the book.
- detailed timeline shows the evolution of candy.
Book Details
Published
May 1, 2004
Publisher
Collectors Press
Pages
176
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781888054835