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The Oxford Companion To Sugar And Sweets Is The Most Ambitious And Eclectic Reference Work Of Its Kind, A Sweeping Collection Of Nearly 600 Entries On All Things Sweet, Written By 265 Expert Contributors. Not A Cookbook, But A Encyclopedia Collection Of Entries On All Things Sweet. The Articles Explore The Ways In Which Our Taste For Sweetness Have Shaped-- And Been Shaped By-- History. In Addition, You'll Discover The Origins Of Mud Pie; Who The Sara Lee Company Was Named After; Why Walker Smith, Jr. Is Better Known As Sugar Ray Robinson; And How Lyricists Have Immortalized Sweets From Blueberry Hill To Tutti Fruiti. Topical Outline Of Entries -- The Oxford Companion To Sugar And Sweets. Edited By Darra Goldstein. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.