American breakfasts often consist of sugary cereals, but it wasn't always that way. One key factor caused the shift from ...

First-generation German-American Robert Strohecker dreamed bigger and sweeter than any candy salesman before him. He’s known in confectioner’s lore as the "Father of the Chocolate Easter Bunny." The ...

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For months now, visitors to the U.K.’s most important thoroughfare have been asking the same question: ‘What is it with all these American candy stores?’ From U.S. variations of Sour Patch Kids to ...

Melba A. Sweets was already a young woman of 19 when the first edition of The St. Louis American rolled off the presses back in March 1928. In 1932, her husband Nathaniel A. Sweet would become ...