Sweet Treats

In the news . . .

• Help wanted: $78,000 a year to taste candy while sitting on your couch -- CNN News (01 August 2022)
  
  
• How doughnuts became Australia's symbol of Covid hope -- The Guardian (04 November 2020)
  
  
• Last Call: The greatest American divide is between chocolate and not-chocolate candy -- The Takeout (08 October 2020)
  
  
• Man dies from eating more than a bag of liquorice a day -- BBCNews (24 September 2020)
  
  
• The surprising truth about pavlova’s origins -- BBCtravel (05 August 2020)
  
  
• A Finnish poet and his pastry [Runeberg Day, February 5] -- This is Finland
  
  
• A birthday candle in a banana: why fruit is by far the most offensive vegan dessert -- The Guardian (15 December 2019)
  
  
• Why are shops in Iraq stocking up on Scottish sweets? -- BBCNews (09 August 2019)
  
  
• Bosnia’s intriguing dessert made by 12 hands -- BBCNews (07 February 2019)
  
  
• The Saltier the Licorice, the Happier the Country. Just Look at Finland -- The New York Times (24 October 2018)
  
  
• The [Lancashire Eccles] cake that comes with a warning -- BBCtravel (14 June 2017)
  
  
• Cake or biscuit? Why Jaffa Cakes excite philosophers -- BBCNews (20 February 2017)
  
  
• Mars bars, KitKats and Dairy Milk chocolates to get smaller in new sugar crackdown -- The Telegraph (05 February 2017)
  
  
• The Spanish sweet perfected by nuns [turrón] -- BBCtravel (22 December 2016)
  
  
• How the Twinkie Made the Superrich Even Richer -- The New York Times (10 December 2016)
  
  
• Twinkies-Maker Hostess Plans A $2.3 Billion Stock Offering -- NPR (05 July 2016)
  
  
• Food To Celebrate Freedom: Tea Cakes For Juneteenth! -- NPR (19 June 2016)
  
  
• As Chinese, Iranian and Indonesian As Apple Pie -- NPR (03 July 2016)
  
  
• Reaction video: British girl tries American sweets -- BBCNews (02 February 2016)
  
  
• Is this the sweet secret to Swedish success? -- BBCcapital (13 January 2016)
  
  
• How The Ancient Romans Gave Us 'Bones Of the Dead' Cookies For Halloween -- Forbes (31 October 2015)
  
  
• American Cakes Throughout History -- Tori Avey, The History Kitchen, PBS > Food (08 July 2015)
  
  
• Sweet Treats International Perspectives on Research Presentation .pptx (2015.03.12)
  
  
• Sweet Treats Presentation .pptx (2014.10.01)
  
  
• Appetites: The decline of bees could change the way we eat -- MPRNews (30 October 2013)
  
  

• Ancient Cave Painting -- Kirsten Traynor, MD Bee
  
  
• Clarkson, Janet. Pie: A Global History. London: Reaktion Books, 2009.
  
  
• Crane, Eva. The Archaeology of Beekeeping. Ithaca: Cornelll University Press, 1983.
  
  
• Crane, Eva. The World History of Beekeeping and Honey Hunting. London: Routledge, 1999.
  
  
• Dalby, Andrew, and Sally Grainger. The Classical Cookbook. Malibu, CA: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1996.
  • Honey Nut Cake, Chrysippus of Tyana, pp.80-81.
    
    
• Glasgow Ice Cream Wars -- Wikipedia
  
  
• Historical Uses of Honey as Food (47:50) -- UCtelevision (03 November 2011)
  
  
• Krondl, Michael. The Donut: History, Recipes, and Lore from Boston to Berlin. Chicago: Chciago Review Press, 2014.
  
  
• Mullins, Paul R. Glazed America: A History of the Doughnut. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2008.
  
  
• Pastry War -- Wikipedia
  
  
• Ransome, Hilda M. The Sacred Bee in Ancient Times and Folklore. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1937 [Mineola, NY: Dover, 2004].
  
  
• Toussaint-Samat, Maguelonne. A History of Food. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons/Blackwell 2009.