In my own Manichaean scheme of things, there are two kinds of people in the world: those who crave sweets and those who don't. As a lifelong member of the latter fraternity—and the husband of a ...

Trick-or-treaters demand it. Dentists despise it. Pop musicians have sung odes to it. Love it or hate it, candy is a cultural fixation — and it isn't going anywhere. In Candy: A Century of Panic and ...