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Abolitionists, Resistance, and the Nation’s First Candy – Part 3

The Author’s Illuminating (for her) Experience I recently had an experience in my hometown of Shepherdstown, WV. It was about...

Abolitionists, Resistance, and the Nation’s First Candy – Part 2

Resisters Under the Seat It’s hard to know where the enslaved people in Mrs. Spencer’s buggy started. Slaves labored at...

Abolitionists, Resistance, and the Nation’s First Candy – Part 1

Mrs. Spencer: The Nation’s First Candy Store and Abolitionist The fascinating and revealing story of the nation’s first candy begins...

Philly – The City of Brotherly Love

Philly – The City of Brotherly Love I just gave a talk about the history of candy at the Historical...

Norbert Rillieux: All the Sugar that You Eat and a Bizarre Twist

Norbert Rillieux: All the Sugar that You Eat and a Bizarre Twist If you like sweets, eat sweets, or give...

Candy in the Classroom?

Yesterday, I gave a talk at the D.G. Cooley Elementary School in Berryville, Virginia, about the history of candy with...

The Charleston Chew

The Charleston Chew, that dense chocolate covered marshmallow-taffy-toffee substance may be nostalgic, but beneath the chocolate exterior, is an edgy,...

Black History Museum Talk & Tasting

Last Saturday, I had the pleasure, and I do mean pleasure, of speaking at the Black History Museum in Alexandria....

In Virginia? Skip Trip Advisor and Head Here

I’ve been traveling around the country quite a bit these days and am always delighted to be hitting the road...

True Treats Historic Candy® Announces Launch of the Grandmother’s Purse Project

Candy Store to Donate Percent of Profits to Four Different Charitable Segments – Welcomes Requests for Funding Harpers Ferry, WV...