pe eee ‘here 212 ater tis an al-consuing passion for sugar. swept though society" a became far more easly avasable, though italy sta ery ‘expensive! By 1492, Matra was producing over 1,40 tonnes (3,000,000) of sugar annual Genoa, one ofthe canes of esto, ‘became known for canced fut, whe Venice specializes in pasties, sweets (candles), and sugar ecules. Sugar was conldeed to have "Valuable mena propertes" as a"warm' food under prevaling categories, being "helpulto the stomach, to cure cold cseases, and soon ung complains) ‘toast von in Tous in 1457 by Gaston de Fo, which s probably the best and most cmplete account we have of alate medieval banquet” Inclues he fst mention of sugar sculptures, a he al fod brought in was "a heraldic menagere sculpted in sugar ons, stags, monkeys. each ‘oldng in paw or beak he ams ofthe Hungarian king" Omer recorded grand eas inthe decades following incuded similar pieces) ‘rignaly he souptues seem to have been eaten in the meal but ale they become merely table decorations, the most eaborae eae trom ‘Several lgnticant sculptors ae known to have produced thm n some cases tele preliminary drawings survive. Ely ones were n Brown sugar patty cast n molds, wth the ial ouches carved. They continued o be used until atleast the Coronation Banquet for Edward Vf the United ‘ingdom in 1905; mong other soulpures every quest was gven a sugar cow to takeaway ‘Moder history (ost) ‘See also: Tiangutar ade In August 1492, Christoph Columbus collected sugarcane samples In La Gomera inthe Canary Islands, and Inroduced ito the New World) Thecuttngs wer panted and he fst sugarcane harvest in Hispaniola ook lace In 1501. Many sugar mills had been construct in Cuba and Jamaica by the 18208" The Pertuguese ook ‘sugar cane to Brazil. By 1540, there were 800 cane-sugar alsin Sara Catarina Island and another 2000 onthe ott coast of Brazil, Oemarara, and Suna, tk unt 160 for Bralan Sugar production to exceed that of ‘S80 Tome, which was the main center of sugar production n sixteenth century!) ‘Sugar was a kunury in Europe unl the eal 1th century, when became more wisely aval, du othe se of beet sugarn Prussia, and ater n France under Napoleon I Beet augar was a Geeman invention, sine, i 1747, A ‘extrac | Marggras stent, Franz Kat Achard, devised an economical indus method t extract he sugar ns pure form in ne tate Tat century) Achar fst produced beet sugar in 1785 in Kaulsr, and 1801, ‘he work! fst beet sega prosicon acy was established in Cunen, Sis hen pat of Prussia." The Coseupinagectsug works of Marga and Acard were the starting point or the sugar duty in Europe" and fone modem sugar Sl ian si te Industy in general, since sugar was no longer aur product anda product almost only produced inwarmer Sess ncaa saga 15 Silsmund Margret announced tne escovery of sugar in bees and devised a method using alahal to