During the first COVID-19-driven lockdown in 2020, the avocado-chocolate brownie was tried and tested. I love both, but cannot imagine putting the two together, even for the sake of experimenting.” She tried chocolate makhana too and was left disappointed, she says. Nevertheless, Deepa is eager to push boundaries too: At Fonce, she has introduced potato wafers with chocolate, and also …
In 2018, a Boston Globe report about the closure of Necco, America's oldest continuously operating candy company, launched a national wave of nostalgia for products like its namesake Necco Wafers, Clark Bars, Mary Janes and Squirrel Nut Zippers. Every Valentine's Day, customers buy 19 million pounds of these little pastel candy hearts decorated with phrases like "be mine" and "call …
