in discussing the essence of sweetness, we must turn a blind eye to the pre-institutional dialogues that sugar has sweetened throughout our history. it is as if in understanding its allure, we return to the beginning of temptation itself. forgive my digression, but reveal to me the entries labeled as off limits, which we are often cautioned against, much like the warnings of excessive indulgence in sweetness that we maliciously ignore, allowing us to taste the forbidden.