ABSTRACT
SUGARPASTE AND THE BEGINNINGS OF CONFECTIONERY
Master Alexis of Piedmont, whose ‘Secretes’ were translated into English, stylishly printed and published in 1558, offers instruction
To make a paste of sugre, wherof a man maye make all maner of fruites, and other fyne thynges, with theyr forme, as platters, dishes, glasses, cuppes, and such like thinges, wherwith you may furnish a table: and when you have doen, eate them up. A pleasant thing for them that sit at the table.
