I don’t know chemically what baking soda does, but it does make the brittle, brittle. The soda gives air and porous to the brittle and makes it easier to break and chew. If you don’t add the soda, then I don’t...

There’s actually a Chinese sweet peanut soup which closely approximates what you’d describe as a peanut butter drink. You can buy this in Oriental shops/delis in powdered form (comes in individual sachets) - just add...

favorite was The Reeses Peices Sundae – a colossal ice cream trophy – drowned in whipped cream, hot fudge, and a lovely peanut butter sauce. Since I’ve moved to California, I’ve yet to find anything like...

a small snowball; the inside is a sweet black sesame filling. The consistency is soft, gummy, and elasticy. They have other variations—for instance, a sweet peanut filling instead of sesame.

Squeaky cheese, a.k.a. cheese curds, are the very fresh curds of cheddar cheese, before they’ve been gathered in a mold and pressed. ...

Hounds are digging the newly opened Palo Alto branch of Counter Burger, an upscale, high-quality burger joint known for its wide variety of burger topping options. The toppings range from the traditional to the eyebrow-raising...

Most beloved menu favorites made the cut.

New York magazine unpacks a gum taste test starring wd-50’s Wylie Dufresne.

I had a candy at Phoenecia on South Lamar a few years ago that tasted like a Goldenberg’s Peanut Chew, but way better- darker, less sweet, and more intense. It was ethnic somehow, and said that it was made in Brooklyn, NY....

cheesesteaks, Herr’s chips, soft pretzels, Peanut Chews, Tasty Kakes, etc. While all the ingredients were there, meat, cheese goo, opnoins, peppers, mushrooms. Pulling things out of serving trays and putting them on a small...

For Basque food try Noriga or Wool Growers. Luigi’s Deli is a great old deli, been around since 1910. Try Dewar’s for homemade ice cream and their peanut butter Chews. CafeMed is good. If you want a lot of...

Transplanted New Yorker to LA. Does anyone have any idea why my two favorite candies are not available in Los Angeles?? 1) Chuckles 2) Goldenberg’s Peanut Chews! used to be able to get Chuckles at that drug store on Sunset in...

new flavors of chews just for the event, they are peanut butter & jelly, pistachio, carmel pistachio, vanilla, roasted pecan, hot, georges special, can’t remember the eighth. The nut ones are especially good.

I would definitely try Woolgrowers or Noriega for Basque. Dewars for ice cream and peanut butter chews. Here’s a recent link: Link: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/show/85832#474445

Heading northward, I stopped at the legendary Red’s Eats (Main and Water streets, Wiscasset, Maine; 207-882-6128). They’re a landmark for lobster rolls, though opinion seems extraordinarily divided.