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a chemist who dresses up sugar and calls it joy.
means someone who professionally makes candy, chocolate, and sweets, usually with more precision than a home baker.
from from latin conficere meaning to prepare or put together, the same root that gives us confection and comfit; medieval apothecaries who coated bitter medicine in sugar were the first confectioners, blurring the line between healer and candyman.
apothecary linkearly confectioners were literally pharmacists in disguise
tempering skillchocolate work demands precise heating within one degree
guild historymedieval confectioners' guilds guarded recipes like state secrets