Jacobsen Salt Co. Licorice : A new take on the European classic features salt harvested from the Oregon coast and natural ingredients

Jacobsen Salt Co. Licorice


To call salty licorice an acquired taste is an understatement. Even in Northern Europe, where salty licorice reigns supreme over the red Twizzlers variety, it’s still a polarizing treat. Upon returning from Scandinavia (and developing a taste for the salty delicacy), the crew…

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What 200 Calories Looks Like

La valeur calorique, mesure importante de notre alimentation quotidienne, varie selon les aliments consommés. Puisqu’il est parfois difficile de visualiser la différence, le site Wisegeek a effectué une enquête sur de nombreux produits comestibles, chacun proportionné à hauteur de 200 calories.


328 grammes de kiwi = 200 calories

57 grammes de bonbons = 200 calories

75 grammes de cheeseburger = 200 calories

145 grammes de pâtes cuites = 200 calories

68 grammes de sucette = 200 calories

740 grammes de poivron = 200 calories

226 grammes de ketchup = 200 calories

496 millilitres de Coca Cola = 200 calories

66 grammes de saucisse = 200 calories

55 grammes de farine de maïs = 200 calories

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Vienna Design Week: Bertille & Mathieu + Lobmeyr: The French-Swiss duo reinvents an iconic company’s products in a sweet collaboration

Vienna Design Week: Bertille & Mathieu + Lobmeyr


by Adam Štěch As part of Vienna Design Week—which concludes this Saturday, 5 October—French-Swiss designers Bertille Laguet and Mathieu Rohrer (Bertille & Mathieu) are currently collaborating with iconic glassware…

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The Bar Collection by Zoë’s Chocolate Co.: A historic chocolate family brings candy bars to modern times

The Bar Collection by Zoë's Chocolate Co.


Third generation chocolatiers, the three founders of Zoe’s Chocolate Co. also happen to be siblings, and such a tight knit familial collaboration lends itself to such stunning chocolates. Zoë and Pantelis manage various business aspects while…

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Sugar Series

Focus sur cette excellente série et collection par la photographe Emily Blincoe basée au Texas. L’ensemble des bonbons et sucreries a été rangés et disposés par couleurs et thèmes. Le tout est à découvrir à travers son projet « Sugar Series ». Plus d’images dans la suite de l’article.

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QUIN Candy: Fruit-based, natural handmade candies from the Northwest

QUIN Candy


On a recent trip to the City of Roses we wandered upon QUIN, an ingredient-driven candy shop in the newly opened Union Way…

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Wondermade Marshmallows: A naturally sugary indulgence “made with 100% sweet, magic air”

Wondermade Marshmallows


Using only cane sugar and natural flavoring derived from the real thing, Wondermade makes a superior small-batch mallow. Their little one-inch-squared marshmallows pack just enough flavor to bring a slight smile to your face, side stepping…

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World’s Largest Gummi Bear

Questo vomitevole gummi bear da 12k calorie lo trovate su Amazon. Potrei regalarlo a qualche socio per natale…

World's Largest Gummi Bear

Lakrids

Johan Bülow gets to the sweet root of licorice

Lakrids

In 2007, Johan Bülow launched Lakrids, intent on making the world fall in love with licorice. Though it’s a much-loved Danish ingredient, licorice has always had a polarizing reputation abroad and Bülow was well aware. Wisely, he steered his efforts away from traditional candy applications and focused instead on…

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Ocho Candy

Resourceful dads come up with crowd-pleasing organic chocolate bars

Ocho Candy

Certainly, there’s sugar everywhere. You may have a hankering for the traditional, mass-produced Mars bars and bionic sours on every corner, or wish to hold out for a more sophisticated free-trade 70% cacao gourmet morsel with enough antioxidants to be classified as a superfood. What about a little bit…

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