num_pages: 360
description: Perhaps you remember The Marathon, Oompahs, Bit-O-Choc, or Kit Kat Dark. Where did they go? Driven by his obsession, stubborn idealism, and the promise of free candy, self-confessed candyfreak Steve Almond takes off on a quest to discover candy's origins in America, to explore little companies that continue to get by on pluck and perseverance, and to witness the glorious excess of candy manufacturing. Part candy porn, part candy polemic, part social history, part confession, Candyfreak explores the role candy plays in our lives as both source of pleasure and escape from pain. By turns ecstatic, comic, and bittersweet, Candyfreak is the story of how Steve Almond grew up on candy---and how, for better and worse, candy has grown up too.
language: English
title: Candyfreak: A JOURNEY THROUGH THE CHOCOLATE UNDERBELLY OF AMERICA
titlecomplete: Candyfreak: A JOURNEY THROUGH THE CHOCOLATE UNDERBELLY OF AMERICA
genres: Humor, Biography, History, Cooking, Food and Drink, Nonfiction, Travel, Food, Memoir, Audiobook
ratings_count: 5569
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: ALA Alex Award
publisher: Highbridge Audio