Sugar Savvy

While on a work assignment on location in my hometown yesterday, I snuck in to Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour to see what sort of olde tyme candy I could get my hands on. They call it Pearl Street Ice Cream Parlour these days, but the menu and candy selection is pure vintage Farrells: locale […]

Reviewed this week:  Strawberry and Mango Hi-Chew, from Morinaga & Co., Japan
Ingredients (strawberry):  Glucose syrup, sugar, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, gelatin, flavors, strawberry concentrated juice, DL-malic acid, citric acid, emulsifiers, lactic acid, ascrobic acid (vitamin C), natural colors (beta-carotene, carmine) may contain traces of milk and soy bean
Package copy and appearance:  Hi-chew in big blue […]

Catalogs for Halloween tricks and treats have begun arriving at my household. My favorite for the most creative (and probably least gourmet) is the Oriental Trading Company’s. Its merchandise ranges from the sensible (small packs of pretzels) to the wonderfully grotesque (eyeball gum balls with cherry centers) to the downright disgusting (gummy bugs, brains, barf […]

An infamous combination. Ever wonder what really draws kids to candy? Obviously it’s the taste and the sugar buzz that keeps them coming back. But what is the initial attraction? It’s as if kids have an innate ability to locate sugar within a one mile radius.
The real question is, do kids really […]

I was in New York last week (on business, but let’s be honest – I managed to fit in a fair amount of pleasure, as well. I mean, it’s New York – it’s sort of difficult to avoid. Pleasure, that is. Not New York.)
Given the humidity and stickiness, I had no compelling […]

AIRHEADS Cotton Candy Bubble Gum

It’s hot. I’m hot. I’m too hot, even, to eat chocolate. Or any other candy, really. That’s pretty hot. Popsicles: yes. Candy: too much work.
Which is what makes this the perfect candy for when it’s too warm for chocolate or anything melt-able or otherwise too much effort-involving. And who doesn’t love […]

I have always loved to swim. I love to swim in pools and lakes and oceans and rivers.

So, naturally, I love summer. The only bummer about summer, however, is that the high temps make the storing and transporting of my favorite food group (uhhh… chocolate, as if that needs clarification) somewhat of […]