Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America Nursery Rhymes The carefully wrapped present was

The carefully wrapped present was perched half-hidden on his parents' closet shelf

the shape of its leaves

And does what we profess with our lips make it beyond intellectual assent and into our everyday actions

Sage & Cheddar Fritatta using pecan oil

What could be scarier

Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America Nursery Rhymes The carefully wrapped present wasPerhaps you remember The Marathon, Oompahs, Bit O Choc, or Kit Kat Dark. Where did they go? Driven by his obsession, stubborn idealism, and the promise of free candy, self confessed candyfreak Steve Almond takes off on a quest to discover candy's origins in America, to explore little companies that continue to get by on pluck and perseverance, and to witness the glorious excess of candy manufacturing. Part candy porn, part candy polemic, part social