Fun fact of the day: lemon drops aren’t called ‘drops’ because they’re precipitation-shaped. (Though we’re still waiting for the day all the raindrops turn into lemon drops and gumdrops. Oh, what a ...

Today I'm restoring a drop candy roller machine made by Thomas Mills & Bro. Making candy is much more fun and easy than I expected! The machine is made of heavy cast iron and the rollers are bronze. I ...

Never has a combination of gears and cranks looked so sweet. On its YouTube channel, Lofty Pursuits, a candy and ice cream shop in Tallahassee, Fla. makes candy the old-fashioned way: using Victorian ...