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The Not Dumb Dum Dum
The Dum Dums lollipop was first made in 1924 by the Akron Candy Company. According to manufacturer Spangler, who purchased...
The Secret Life of the Pixy Stix (Plus Kool-Aid)
The Pixy Stix, beyond any other candy, is a lesson in “don’t stop ‘til” you get it right. The ubiquitous...
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 Salem Waterfront 1770-1780At the time Mrs. Spencer landed in Salem, slavery had been part of the...
Abolitionists, Resistance, and the Nation's First Candy - Part 1
Mrs. Spencer: The Nation’s First Candy Store and Abolitionist Map of Salem 1820 The fascinating and revealing story of the...
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 Norbert Rillieux (undated) If you like sweets, eat...
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
James Johnson The Charleston Chew, that dense chocolate covered marshmallow-taffy-toffee substance may be nostalgic, but beneath the chocolate exterior, is...
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....
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