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Candy: A Century of Panic and Pleasure

Candy: A Century of Panic and Pleasure

Kawash, Samira

Paperback

DessertsFood WritingAgriculture

Publisher Price: $28.99

ISBN10: 0865478171
ISBN13: 9780865478176
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: Oct 14 2014
Pages: 428
Weight: 1.20
Height: 0.96 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

A lively cultural history that explores how candy in America became food and how food became more like candy

Many adults who wouldn't dream of indulging in a Snickers bar or jelly beans feel fine snacking on sports bars and giving their children fruit snacks. For most Americans, candy is enjoyed guiltily and considered the most unhealthy thing we eat. But why? Candy accounts for less than ten percent of the added sugar in the American diet. And at least it's honest about what it is--a processed food, eaten for pleasure, with no particular nutritional benefit. What should really worry consumers is the fact that today every aisle in the supermarket contains highly manipulated products that have all the qualities of candy. So how did our definitions of food and candy come to be so muddled?

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