The US Senate Has A Candy Desk

04/11/2020 3 min Temporada 2 Episodio 412

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Episode Synopsis

It's National Candy Day, and the day after Election Day, so let's visit 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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