Featuring sensual and delicious date desserts from around the globe, Sun Bread and Sticky Toffee is packed with delicious, natural, and healthy recipes that showcase the versatility of baking with dates. S ensual and delicious date desserts from around the globe. Sticky. Sweet. Gooey. Eating a date is like biting into a caramel cloud, its sweet and soft flesh tinged with molasses and flavor. Dates are one of the oldest cultivated foods with over 600 varieties grown around the world today. From California’s thirst-quenching date shakes to the quintessentially British sticky toffee pudding and its luscious butterscotch sauce, to wholesome date and sesame flatbreads, spicy ginger and date jam, and the creamiest, honeyed date cheesecake, Sun Bread and Sticky Toffee: Date Desserts from Everywhere is like a dense, shady date grove, packed with delicious, natural and healthy recipes that demonstrate the versatility of baking with dates and date syrup. “Beginning with a brief history of the date’s cultivation and uses then diving right into a collection of recipes from around the world, Al-Hamad offers a wide range of options and ideas for incorporating one of the most popular ingredients into delectable foods.” -- ―Matt Sutherland, ForeWord Magazine Sarah al-Hamad is a London-based food writer and the author of the highly-praised Cardamom and Lime: Recipes from the Arabian Gulf.