When most of us see a taffy-pulling machine cranking away on a touristy boardwalk, we think of sweet, sweet sugar. Jean-Luc Thiffeault thinks of sweet, sweet math. As an applied mathematician at the ...

Not all candy is pulled, but much of it is,” Justice William Howard Taft wrote in the 1921 Supreme Court decision Hildreth v. Mastoras. That high-profile patent dispute over rival improvements to salt ...

The beach resorts have evolved right along with Washington—upscaling, expanding, retooling. We asked Tom Ibach, a third-generation owner of the seemingly eternal Dolle’s taffy shop in Rehoboth, about ...

Geddes, N.Y. — The same well-oiled taffy machine has been providing the soundtrack to the New York State Fair for 105 years. And it’s still going. We’ve all walked by the clicking and clacking dozens ...

BROCKTON — At Hill-Top Candy here, a team makes 75,000 pieces of salt water taffy a day. With its bright colors, simple paper wrapping, and old-fashioned box, the confection is an American classic.

Jaya Saxena is a former correspondent at Eater, and the series editor of Best American Food and Travel Writing. She explores wide ranging topics like labor, identity, and food culture. Cape May, New ...

Rushmore Mountain Taffy: saltwater taffy created and sold at the Rushmore Mountain Taffy shop in Keystone with a recipe "handed down by several generations of candy chefs." A 130-year-old machine ...

Slippery, sticky, chewy, gooey, rock-hard at one point, pillowy-soft at another. Salt water taffy, more than any other boardwalk food, evokes the Jersey Shore. Forget that greasy slice of pizza, ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Strolling along West Elkhorn Avenue in downtown Estes Park will have visitors passing by many storefronts, but one family-owned business is a feast for the eyes and the taste buds: The ...

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