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Sugar

Pai Tavytera and Kaiowa leaders and representatives assemble to discuss stevia and biopiracy.

The Indigenous Tribes Fighting to Reclaim Stevia From Coca-Cola

Guaraní have long cultivated the plant, which they introduced to a world hungry for natural sweeteners.

Eric J. Wallace July 12, 2019

Simon's cakes evoke the baroque still-lifes of Dutch Masters such as Ambrosius Bosschaert.

This Cake Artist Makes Confectionery Look Like Classical Paintings

Julie Simon’s sugar flowers are edible horticultural wonders.

Rohini Chaki May 28, 2019

New Orleans, Louisiana

Hansen's Sno-Bliz Snoballs

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

Louisiana Russian Cake

Recycling comes to dessert, with delicious outcomes.

Pashmak

This hand-pulled cotton candy treat from Iran looks like threads of unspun silk.

Abandoned graffitied building.

Central Aguirre, Puerto Rico

The Ruins of Central Aguirre

This nearly abandoned "company town" is a ghost of Puerto Rico's once-lucrative sugar industry.

Muttamala and Kinnathappam

This two-ingredient Malabari dessert turns separated eggs into a striking delicacy.

Does this Christmas tree in the Blue Room of the White House look good enough to eat?

Your Christmas Tree Could Be Recycled Into Sugar

Researchers hope for a zero-waste alternative to landfills.

Rohini Chaki January 11, 2019

Graffe

During Carnival, Neapolitans fill up on these fluffy potato doughnuts.

Salzburger Nockerl

This dessert pays tribute to the snow-covered mountains surrounding Salzburg.

Lifeguard

This Japanese energy drink contains a controversial bee secretion.

Vermont Gold Vodka

Soften the chill of Northeastern winters with a spirit distilled from local maple sap.

Basi Sweet Potatoes

Pulling apart this dish creates silk-like threads of melted sugar.

Slavery and sugar were closely linked.

objects of intrigue

This Bowl Contained Sugar 'Not Made by Slaves'

An early version of ethical consumption.

Anne Ewbank July 19, 2018

Candied Hawthorn

To celebrate Chinese New Year, vendors sell skewered, sugar-coated berries.

The Dummett Plantation ruins.

Ormond Beach, Florida

Dummett Sugar Mill Ruins

The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.

There are 47 samples in total, scanning almost the entire globe.

A Cache of Historical Sugar Samples Seeks a New Home

A very sweet find.

Natasha Frost January 29, 2018

The Lehi Sugar Factory in Utah, early 20th century.

The Sweet Monopoly That Enriched the Mormon Church

A divine revelation led to the sugar beet business.

Beth Ward January 25, 2018