Category Archives: Candy
Fancy Food Show: Candy Edition
Here are the top 5 trends from the Winter Fancy Food Show: Sriracha. Wasn’t that big a while ago? Weird chips (like pasta chips or sprouted wheat) Stuff with mint Low-sugar, nasty sounding drinks (though what I mostly saw was … Continue reading
Vegan Caramel Apples with Maple Syrup (and some nutty caramels leftover)
Is good vegan caramel even possible? This is the kind of question that keeps my lactose-intolerant mind up half the night. One blog I read claimed that smashed figs are the vegan equivalent of caramel (!!!). Trying not to be … Continue reading
Vegan Almond Pralines — Easier Than You Think!
Making candy is no picnic. It’s the closest that cooking comes to true chemistry — and not in a good way. But which of the Shakespearean Richards was it who said, “My kingdom for a sleeve of Dickies?” The candy, … Continue reading
Bananica!
I have written about banania and Bisquick banana pancakes so I felt almost obligated to write about bananica when it came my way. My wonderful upstairs neighbor brought me a bananica from the former Yugoslavia, among other fantastic treats (my … Continue reading
Dark Chocolate Sesame Snaps: More Dairy-free Junk Food
A poem for thee, dark chocolate sesame snap. Very few dairy-free candies satisfy my craving for chocolate and crunchy but you do it with aplomb — and extrapolating from your presence in hiking shops, I’m guessing you are also a … Continue reading
No Lactose Fruit Cake Bread Pudding & Muffins
If, like me, you had frozen a fruit cake from Christmas in the freezer, now’s the time to use it or lose it. I pride myself on my ability to wrap baked goods so that they don’t suffer from freezer … Continue reading
How Cadbury’s Whole Nut Saved My Life…
OK, so maybe “saved my life” is a bit strong, but the year I was thirteen, my family moved to London and enrolled me in an exclusive girls’ school. The school hadn’t been painted in a good 40 years and … Continue reading
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