Cotton candy is a favorite carnival snack. The melt-in-your-mouth treat has even been used as a beverage garnish. While cotton candy is popularly served at fairs and festivals, you can also make the ...

I never know what gifts to get my family. My strategy of buying whatever is on sale on Amazon has been unsuccessful: the laser tag set gathers dust, the journals with clever covers remain unfilled, ...

With their chalky-sweet taste and corny messages (“Be Mine,” “Dream Big”), Sweethearts, that middle school Valentine’s Day staple, hardly seem innovative. But a century and a half ago, the tiny sugar ...

Summer is the season of state fairs, and with state fairs comes fair food, the inevitable accompaniment to the Ferris wheel, the Scrambler, the bumper cars, and the carousel. I’m talking corn dogs, ...