Sweet Talk: The Secret History of Confectionery - Softcover

Whittaker, Nicholas

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9780753808566: Sweet Talk: The Secret History of Confectionery

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0753808560 ISBN 13: 9780753808566

Publisher: Phoenix, 1999

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First published in 1998, this humorous blend of historical facts and trivia is a celebration, chronology, pop-cultural history and critical account of the changing world of twentieth-century confectionery. The book also traces patterns of consumption and explores the murky world of the chemistry of sweet manufacturing.

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About the Author:

Nicholas Whittaker is the author of Platform Souls: The Trainspotter as Twentieth-century Hero, Blue Period: Nots from a Life in the Titillation Trade, Sweet Talk and Toys Were Us. As well as single-handedly writing the 1984 Pontin's brochure, he has contributed to a wide variety of magazines and newspapers, including Company, Arena, Punch, the Guardian, the Sunday Times, the Daily Mail, the Daily Telegraph and the Express. Nicholas Whittaker lives in north London.

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