Sweet tooth leads to candy book  Ever wonder about the history
of chocolate, chewing gum, or other confections? One British
author shares what he knows about this sweetly enticing topic.
By , Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor  You might
fancy yourself a candy expert just because you happen to know
the difference between a Twix and a KitKat.  But do you know
where and why the Pez and its wacky dispenser were made? Or how
Milk Duds got their name?  Answers to tidbits like these are
abundant in "Sweets: A History of Candy" (Bloomsbury, $24.95),
by British author Tim Richardson, who happens to be crazy about
candy.  Recommended: Could you pass a US citizenship test?  (For
the record, Pez were created in Austria as a breath freshener
for smokers. Milk Duds began as misshapen round balls that were
sold anyway as "duds.")  Richardson's book explains how fruit
chews and licorice, chocolate and gummy bears came to be 
sometimes in extraordinary detail. It's best read with a candy
bar or at least a Tic Ta