I’ve never been a huge dessert or sweets fan, but I can’t lie: I do know the simple pleasure of sucking on a sugar cube pressed into the roof of your mouth. Sugar is a versatile ingredient, though. Just because I prefer it in compacted cube form doesn’t mean everyone does. This week, let’s add some sugar to our scene.

Amy Stevens, Confections #65, 2008. Photograph. www.amystevensart.com

André Kertész, Bowl with Sugar Cubes, 1928. Photograph. 

Margaret Morrison, Gummy Worms, 2009. Oil on canvas.