I love peanuts and peanut-y dishes: Kung Pow Chicken, peanut sauce, peanut butter cups, peanut butter cookies, peanut butter pie and of course, peanut brittle. I always loved the taste of peanut ...
Why I Hate the Number 220 and Other Brittle Misadventures
Christmas may be over, but that doesn't mean the holiday cookies, candies, and all other sorts of sweets has to end. During this time of year, I make brittle. A lot of it.
When I was growing up, I had no affinity for peanut brittle. My father, Leroy, loved the stuff and we always had to have it around. My mother tortured our candy-deprived adolescence with just a ...