EATEN No. 18: Dessert features a decadent feast of fascinating stories from culinary history, from the life and times of Brownie Mary to the saga of a candy made by a Georgian princess and the legacy of cheese and the Portuguese in Bengal.

Contributors include:

• Dillon Fernando on the legacy of Betty Cocker
• Anna Ansari on long and winding saga of sharbat
• Carlynn Crosby on Fidel Castro's obsession with ice cream
• Cynthia Chou on rebellions and mooncakes