Candyfreak A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America

Name: Candyfreak A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America
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ISBN: 9780156032933

ISBN-10: 0156032937

ISBN-13: 9780156032933

Edition: 2005

Authors: Steve Almond

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A self-professed candyfreak, Steve Almond set out in search of a much-loved candy from his childhood and found himself on a tour of the small candy companies that are persevering in a marketplace where big corporations dominate. From the Twin Bing to the Idaho Spud, the Valomilk to the Abba-Zaba, and discontinued bars such as the Caravelle, Marathon, and Choco-Lite, Almond uncovers a trove of singular candy bars made by unsung heroes working in old-fashioned factories to produce something they love. And in true candyfreak fashion, Almond lusciously describes the rich tastes that he has loved since childhood and continues to crave today. Steve Almond has written a comic but ultimately…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Publication date: 4/4/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.25" wide x 7.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Steve Almond has published over one hundred stories and poems--in publications ranging from Playboy to Tin House to Zoetrope--and a two previous collections of stories, My Life in Heavy Metal and The Evil B.B. Chow. He is the author of the bestselling novel Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America.



Some Things You Should Know about the Author



The Author Will Now Rationalize


Chocolate = Enabler


In Which an Unhealthy Pattern of Dependence Is Established


An Ill-Advised Discussion of Freak Economics


Night of the Living Freak


Mistakes Were Made



Caravelle: An Elegy


I ™ Manny


Feeding the Beast



A Top-Secret Chocolate Situation


The Politics of the Rack


The Last Man in America with




The Capo Di Tutti Freak


The Love Song of Ray



Welcome to the Boom



There Are Men upon This Earth Who Tread Like Gods


Feuilletine, Revealed


Freak Fetish



The Official Dark Horse Freak of Philadelphia


Wee Willie and the Pop-a-Licks Rage



Southern-Fried Freak


Chocolate Haiku


Freak Retentive



In the Belly of the Freak


The Unstoppable Freak Energy of



Southbound with the Hammers Down



The Candy Bar on Your Chin


The Marshmallow Parallax


A Depressing but Necessary Digression



Boise: Gateway to . . . Boise


Ladies and Gentlemen, the Idaho Spud


Huckleberry, Hounded


American Lunch


How Will the Spud Survive?



The Past Is Just Ahead


Remember This Name:




A Second Depressing but Necessary Digression


A Little Hidden Bomb in My



A Few Final Relevant Facts


Acknowledgments


Freak appendix