Candy Week: The US Senate Has A Candy Desk

Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson

This week we're replaying some of our sweetest episodes of all time. In this episode from November 2020, we marked National Candy Day, and the day after Election Day, with a visit to the back row of the U.S. Senate chamber, where, for over half a century, senators have kept a desk drawer filled with candy to share with colleagues. Plus: in Japan, candy is also fine art, thanks to the practice of amezaiku, or sculpting molten sugar syrup.

The History Of The Senate’s Sweet Candy Desk (DCist)

Reviving a Centuries-Old Japanese Confectionery Art (New York Times)

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