These Are the World’s Best Candies. Want to Fight About It?
Candy is controversial. Scouring the globe in search of the sweet stuff reveals just how different our palates are — and how much we have in common.
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The 10.28.18 Issue
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CreditPhoto Illustration by Massimo Gammacurta for The New York Times Flavor Is a Language, and Like Wine, Candy Has Its Own
I learned how to take candy tasting as seriously as wine tasting. What I discovered surprised me.
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CreditIllustration by Ori Toor In Japan, the Kit Kat Isn’t Just a Chocolate. It’s an Obsession.
The story of how Kit Kats, once a British chocolate export, became a booming business from Hokkaido to Tokyo — and changed expectations about what a candy bar could be.
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Credit The Saltier the Licorice, the Happier the Country. Just Look at Finland.
My journey to the dark heart of salmiakki — the uniquely savory, deeply strange licorice that Finland just can’t quit.
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CreditBobby Doherty for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Maggie Ruggiero.
33 Unique Treats From All Around the World
Nations have flags and anthems — but they also have their defining treats. Here are some candies that capture the spirit of the countries they come from.
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CreditFood Stylist: Maggie Ruggiero Inside Colombia’s Beloved Candy Factory
For millions of Latin Americans, the Colombina factory in La Paila is the place where sweet moments are made.
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Credit The Candy IssueDispatches From a Ruined Paradise
For more than four decades, Robert Adams’s landscape photographs have reminded us of what has been lost in America, and what endures.
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CreditRobert Adams. From Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco. On PhotographyNew Sentences: From ‘Dungeons & Dragons Art & Arcana’
Sometimes it takes a while for a thing to catch up to its name.
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Credit New SentencesIke Barinholtz Refuses to Consume News 24/7 Anymore
The actor and screenwriter on presidential loyalty oaths, fighting Twitter trolls and balancing his attention between his daughter and Ted Cruz.
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CreditIllustration by Celia Jacobs WellLetter of Recommendation: Nail-Biting
It’s meditative, deeply human and far less gross than commonly imagined.
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CreditIllustration by Giacomo Bagnara Letter of RecommendationWhy Suppress the ‘Experience’ of Half the World?
Every effort to obscure, deny or restrict the experiences of women just creates a new, shared experience — that of being controlled.
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CreditPhoto illustration by New Studio/Derek Brahney First WordsShould I Stay at a Lab That Makes Animals Suffer?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on weighing medical research against animal suffering and whether to tell adult children of their parents’ affairs.
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