When it comes to making holiday candy, K-State Research and Extension food scientist Karen Blakeslee says it’s a cooking process that usually turns into a science experiment. “Really, any kind of ...

Every year, my mom makes a peanut brittle recipe that she clipped from the Wednesday food section of The Columbus Dispatch decades ago. It's simply not Christmas without it. If she didn't bring it to ...

Imagine making 2,400 candy canes by hand. The Sweenor family doesn't have to. The candy-making family does it every holiday season, the way Walter Sweenor did for this 70-plus-year-old business. They ...