Ulbe Bosma, The World of Sugar: How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment over 2000 Years

Authors

  • Mary-Anne Boermans Independent Scholar Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.27703

Keywords:

Politics, Health, Environment, Sugar, 2000 Years, The World Of Sugar

Abstract

Ulbe Bosma, The World of Sugar: How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment over 2000 Years, The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 2023: 464 pp., hardback, $35 (USA), £30.95 (UK).

Author Biography

  • Mary-Anne Boermans, Independent Scholar

    Mary-Anne Boermans has been cooking and collecting recipes for over forty years. She has a special interest in traditional recipes in the UK and resurrecting forgotten dishes from old books and handwritten manuscripts. She has published two collections of British recipes, Great British Bakes and Deja Food, and writes regularly on her food blogs TimeToCookOnline.com and DejaFood.uk. Mary-Anne lives in Worcestershire with her husband and daughter. 

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Published

2023-12-01

Issue

PPC 127 (2023)

Section

Book Reviews

How to Cite

Boermans, Mary-Anne. 2023. “Ulbe Bosma, The World of Sugar: How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment over 2000 Years”. Petits Propos Culinaires, December, 125-26. https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.27703.