Melanie Plenda: Sugar side up

Jake’s scoops up sweets – and some science

Deep within the recesses of an unassuming Amherst sweet shop, there’s science afoot. A mint hunk here, a pumpkin there, even some Mexican chocolate – …

Practice makes perfect for Swan’s chocolatiers

Michael Anderson doesn’t like chocolate. He loves it. …

Merrimack’s mile-high pies are no tall tale

Just because pie-maker Joe Lannan’s process is mechanized doesn’t mean his pies have lost that homemade feeling. In fact, each of the 5,000 to 6,000 …

Sugar Side Up

Melanie Plenda , reporter and columnist's Sugar Side Up column will appear in Feast on the fourth Wednesday of the month. Melanie can be reached at (603) 594-6439 or by e-mail.

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