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Sweet Treats around the World This page intentionally left blank Sweet Treats around the World An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture Timothy G. Roufs and Kathleen Smyth Roufs Copyright 2014 by ABC-CLIO, LLC All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. 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 18 17 16 15 14 1 2 3 4 5 This book is also available on the World Wide Web as an eBook. Visit www.abc-clio.com for details. ABC-CLIO, LLC 130 Cremona Drive, P.O. Box 1911 Santa Barbara, California 93116-1911 This book is printed on acid-free paper Manufactured in the United States of America 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 This page intentionally left blank 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 vii This page intentionally left blank 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 ix

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Few things represent a culture as well as food. Because sweets are universal foods, they are the perfect basis for a comparative study of the intersection of history, geography, social class, religion, politics, and other key aspects of life. With that in mind, this encyclopedia surveys nearly 100 c
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