Title: Sugar-plums and sherbet : the prehistory of sweets /
Authors: Mason, Laura, 1957-
Publisher: Prospect Books,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Confectionery History.; Confectionery Equipment and supplies History.
Abstract: "This study of the ingenuity of sugar-boiling and the manufacture of those intriguing avatars of childhood happiness, the humbug, gobstopper, peardrop and stick of rock is now republished in paperback. As well as a history, it is also a recipe book, with twenty tried and tested methods for sweets ancient and modern."--BOOK JACKET.