Sweet! The Delicious Story of Candy

Through time and across continents, stories of sweets and their inventors intrigue and entertain us. Learn about primal sweets from honey, sweet milk, and nuts to sugar candy, chocolate, and "sweet" stories of success. Sweet! The Delicious Story of Candytakes us through history from 4,000 B.C., when islanders in Papua New Guinea cut sugarcane for its sap, and 2,600 B.C., when the first-known beekeepers produced honey to embalm the dead, to 500 A.D., when the Chinese made pear and plum syrups from unripe fruit, and all the way through to the world's first chocoholics and modern-day candy factories. From cravings to the scoop on ice cream, Ann Love and Jane Drake present a comprehensive and irresistible story of candy through the ages, complemented by a detailed timeline and playful illustrations from artist Claudia Davila. From the Hardcover edition.

Ann Love and Jane Drake are sisters and co-authors who have shared a life-long interest in the environment and the wild. Together they are the authors of many award-winning books including The Kids Winter Cottage Book, Snow Amazing, Cool Woods, and Trash Action. The have been shortlisted for numerous awards including the Red Cedar Award, the Norma Fleck Award, the Hackmatack Award, and the Silver Birch Award. Ann Love is one of the founding members of Pollution Probe. Both Jane and Ann are married with three children each and live in the Toronto area.

Claudia Dávila is a yoga-happy, food-loving, storm-cooking designer and illustrator (born in Chile) with a love for recipe-swapping. She was an avocado tree in her past life, feeding the perfect substance to all with love and a dash of salt.


From the Hardcover edition.