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Candy is Life: Korea, 1952
In the 1950s, Edward R. Murrow was the nation’s pre-eminent television journalist. His CBS program See it Now pioneered the TV newsmagazine format that spawned familiar programs like “60 Minutes” and...
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Let’s Play War Candy!
What do you tell your children about the war? In my house, we try to avoid talk of violence, terrorism, torture, guns and bombs. My daughter is only six, and somehow I cling to the idea that I can...
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Chocolate War Rations, Round One
In my previous post, I shared some war-themed ads for children’s candy from the WWI era. It’s not surprising that candy makers would jump on the war bandwagon by using war imagery and themes to...
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Taking Candy from a Soldier
U.S. soldiers in the nineteen-teens were distinguished by many virtues: their bravery, their manliness, and above all, for their craving for sweets. Rations in the Army around 1916 included bread,...
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Corn People: How It Started
If you’ve been following the food news, you probably know by now: we are corn. Just about every item in the meat and dairy cases, just about every ingredient in processed food, somehow begins as corn...
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Corn Into Candy: 1918
Today corn syrup is everywhere, especially that bugaboo, high fructose corn syrup. HFCS has the same balance of fructose and glucose as table sugar, but is immensely cheaper and so immensely more...
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Candy Bombs
As part of the unofficial side of the U.S. “hearts and minds” campaign in Iraq, helicopter pilots are flying a new kind of mission: candy bomb drops. Blackhawk helicopter pilots are launching the...
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No Gum For You!
I confess, I don’t love gum. Happily, I’m not the only one. 44 people joined the Facebook Group “Against Chewing Gum.” But Americans LOVE gum. Half of all Americans are proud gum chewers, upwards of...
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Halloween Candy to the Troops
If you have kids at Halloween time, you’ve probably already started to strategize a plan for candy rationing. Dentists in your community are happy to help. Have you heard about the Halloween Candy Buy...
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