Sweet Treats around the World: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture

658 Pages·2014·4.11 MB·English

by  Timothy G. Roufs

Sweet Treats around the World
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Sweet Treats around
the World
An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
Timothy G. Roufs and Kathleen Smyth Roufs
Copyright 2014 by ABC-CLIO, LLC
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The publisher has done its best to make sure the instructions and/or recipes in this
book are correct. However, users should apply judgment and experience when
preparing recipes, especially parents and teachers working with young people. The
publisher accepts no responsibility for the outcome of any recipe included in this
volume and assumes no liability for, and is released by readers from, any injury or
damage resulting from the strict adherence to, or deviation from, the directions and/or
recipes herein. The publisher is not responsible for any readerÊs specific health or
allergy needs that may require medical supervision or for any adverse reactions to
the recipes contained in this book. All yields are approximations.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Roufs, Timothy G.
Sweet treats around the world : an encyclopedia of food and culture / Timothy G.
Roufs and Kathleen Smyth Roufs.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-61069-220-5 (hard copy : alk. paper) · ISBN 978-1-61069-221-2
(ebook) 1. Food·Encyclopedias. 2. Food habits·Encyclopedias.
3. International cooking·Encyclopedias. I. Roufs, Kathleen Smyth. II. Title.
TX349.R598 2014
641.59·dc23 2014005003
ISBN: 978-1-61069-220-5
EISBN: 978-1-61069-221-2
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This book is dedicated to the next generation of sweet treats enthusiasts
around the world, especially Casey Pedro Roufs, Claire Kathleen Roufs,
Eli Campbell Roufs, and Nora Elizabeth Roufs
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CONTENTS
List of Entries ix
List of Recipes xi
Preface xix
Introduction xxi
A(cid:259)Z entries 1
Recipes 381
Selected Bibliography 579
Index 587
About the Authors 623
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LIST OF ENTRIES
Afghanistan 1 Chile 72
Arabian Peninsula (Bahrain, China 75
Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Colombia 86
Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Cyprus 90
Yemen) 3 Czech Republic 93
Argentina 7 Denmark 97
Armenia 10 East Africa (Burundi, Kenya,
Australia 13 Mozambique, Rwanda,
Austria 19 Tanzania, Uganda) 102
The Balkans (Albania, Bosnia Ecuador 106
and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan 110
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, England 113
Montenegro, Serbia) 24 The English Caribbean (The
The Baltic States (Estonia, Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica) 122
Latvia, Lithuania) 30 Finland 127
Bangladesh 34 France 129
Belarus 35 The French Caribbean (Haiti
Belgium 37 and the French Antilles) 135
Bolivia 42 Georgia 139
Brazil 45 Germany 142
Canada 52 Greece 147
Central Africa (Angola, Burundi, Hong Kong 155
Cameroon, Central African Horn of Africa (Djibouti, Eritrea,
Republic, Chad, Democratic Ethiopia, Somalia) 157
Republic of the Congo, Hungary 160
Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Iceland 165
Republic of the Congo, India 166
São Tomé and Príncipe) 58 Indonesia 172
Central America (Belize, Costa Iran 175
Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Iraq 179
Honduras, Nicaragua, and Ireland 183
Panama) 62 Israel 187
Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Italy 191
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Japan 203
Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) 69 Jordan 207
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