Food History Archives

From Susan’s NEWEST Book: American Fun Foods As cute and lovely as Dixie Cup ice cream seems, they were also,...

Pop Rocks started as an ingredient to make carbonated water. Didn’t work. THEN it became a candy. People were too...

If you want to give Mom a traditional Mother’s Day gift – get ready!! Mother’s Day gifts were as ever-changing...

Satellite Wafers AKA “Flying Saucers” and “Those Things” as in “OH – I remember those things…” are an enigma. What...

Raspberry leaf tea has a strange and somewhat convoluted past. The tea itself is not made from the raspberry plant’s...

Raspberry Leaf Tea? An unexpected pleasure known to cure everything from stomach aches to painful pregnancies. Tastes a lot like...

“At any rate I’ll never go THERE again!’ said Alice as she picked her way through the wood. ‘It’s the...

Here’s Susan in California doing what she loves best – visiting museums (and museum gift stores!) and hanging out with...

Listen to Susan in this article from NRP affiliate WBUR.org Love it or loathe it, Valentines Day is upon...

Here’s what tastingtable.com said about True Treats and Susan and their recent article: True Treats Candy Store In West...