Articles tagged: candy
Food & Grocery: Make the most of your Halloween candy haul
Posted: Oct 31, 2012I remember trick-or-treating as a child. We'd roam the neighborhood in packs, comparing notes with other groups on who had the best candy. And then, once our bags were full, we'd get to the business of trading. Trading Halloween candy is an art even more nuanced than trading baseball cards. Read more »
U-M research assistants seeking union election face new roadblock in State Legislature
Posted: Feb 22, 2012The quest for unionization might become a lot more complicated for the group of University of Michigan Graduate Student Research Assistants that has been battling college administrators and state officials for the right to form ... Read more »
parenting q&a: Ritalin only one part of the solution when a child keeps getting into trouble at school
Posted: Feb 07, 2012Dear Kerry, My 8-year-old son's teacher says he has ADHD and wants me to get the doctor to give him Ritalin. I am worried that he is getting into trouble at school and may fall ... Read more »
Recipe: Vicki's Famous White & Dark Chocolate Bark takes only minutes to make
Posted: Dec 23, 2011Click here for my new Holiday Cookbook. (www.dinnerFeed.com)! I'm a real-time food writer and photographer posting daily feeds on my website and in the Food & Drink section of Annarbor.com. You may also e-mail me ... Read more »
recipe: Vicki's Famous Peanut Brittle will disappear as fast as you can make it
Posted: Dec 22, 2011The new dinnerFeed Holiday Cookbook answers all of your cooking needs. Strapped for time? Check out the well-tested Super-Simple section. Lest you need reminding, Christmas is three shopping days away. And though gifts from the kitchen ... Read more »
Parenting: One mom implements her own Halloween candy 'buy back' plan
Posted: Nov 09, 2011Instead of freaking out as I have mentioned in a previous post, I thought I would take on this candy problem in a different way. After a week of many candy meltdowns (pun intended), one ... Read more »
recipe: Butterfinger Fudge a quick treat for a busy holiday celebration
Posted: Nov 09, 2011When my BFF Wendy and I were in Pittsburgh recently, we met some wonderful people. It's a good-sized city, but it definitely has a small-town friendliness. We were welcomed everywhere we went, even at Mike ... Read more »
Food & Grocery: What to do with all that leftover Halloween candy?
Posted: Nov 02, 2011Halloween has come and gone, but the candy lingers on. At our house, not only do we have much of the candy we purchased to hand out on Halloween evening, but our son brought home ... Read more »
recipe: Hallowe'en truffles for grown-ups
Posted: Oct 31, 2011We've all done it — we've all raided our kids' candy stashes after they've gone trick-or-treating for Halloween. We'd hang our heads in shame, but we're actually performing a mitzvah ("good deed") by saving our ... Read more »
recipe: Pumpkin-Raisin Muffins a festive treat for Halloween
Posted: Oct 27, 2011Peggy Lampman's Thursday dinnerFeed I don’t like candy. There. I’ve said it. Halloween blasphemy, I know. But to my palate, candy’s not much more than cloying sweetness in every tooth-decaying bite. But before you cross ... Read more »
Health & Parenting: It is 'trick and freak' time for this mom!
Posted: Oct 25, 2011Around Halloween, I start to seriously freak out about my kids' health. Most parents seem to be perfectly comfortable with giving their kids sugar, fat and other related junk foods during the holidays. I get ... Read more »
Wildcrafting: Making candy from acorns a good way to introduce new people to wildcrafted foods
Posted: Sep 19, 2011At the HomeGrown Festival last weekend I volunteered to be one of the guest chefs, demonstrating the preparation of wild foods. For the second year in a row, I chose to be both seasonal and local. ... Read more »
Toxic Waste brand Nuclear Sludge is bad for you; FDA issues recall notice
Posted: Jan 14, 2011Candy Addict had a review of the chewy Toxic Waste brand Nuclear Sludge candy bars in 2009, reporting that the Sour Apple flavor had a "weird aftertaste." On Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration issued ... Read more »
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