"Sugar is one of the most beloved substances consumed by humans, and also one of the most reviled. It has come to dominate our diets--whether in candy, desserts, soft drinks or even bread and pasta sauces--for better and for worse. This fascinating history of this addictive ingredient reveals its incredible value as a global commodity and explores its darker legacies of slavery and widespread obesity."--Dust jacket.
""Sugar is one of the most beloved substances consumed by humans, and also one of the most reviled. It has come to dominate our diets--whether in candy, desserts, soft drinks or even bread and pasta sauces--for better and for worse. This fascinating history of this addictive ingredient reveals its incredible value as a global commodity and explores its darker legacies of slavery and widespread obesity."--Dust jacket."@en
"It's no surprise that sugar has been on our minds for millennia. First cultivated in New Guinea around 8,000 B.C.E., this addictive sweetener has since come to dominate our appetites-whether in candy, desserts, soft drinks, or even pasta sauces-for better and for worse. In this book, Andrew F. Smith offers a fascinating history of this simultaneously beloved and reviled ingredient, holding its incredible value as a global commodity up against its darker legacies of slavery and widespread obesity. As Smith demonstrates, sugar's past is chockfull of determined adventurers: relentless s."@en
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