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revising on the edge of the void
A story needs to be the length it needs to be. A great aesthetic principle.
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2011-12-04
Sugar-Plums And Sherbet
Sugar-Plums And Sherbet: The Prehistory of Sweets by Laura Mason
A slightly misleading title there, since it covers approximately from the Renaissance to modern times, the history of sweets -- the British term, the American one being "candy" a term which is just about obsolete in Great Britain.
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A slightly misleading title there, since it covers approximately from the Renaissance to modern times, the history of sweets -- the British term, the American one being "candy" a term which is just about obsolete in Great Britain.
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