Side Dish: More Food on the Web

By: Julia Simon

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The Candy Land Before Time: Turns out candy and Halloween haven’t always been BFFs; in fact, bite-sized sugary treats were only doled out after coins, nuts, seasonal fruits, cookies and a slew of other trinkets until about 1950. Read up on their rocky road to a love that’s good and plenty. [ The Atlantic]

Redesigning the Vending Machine: In order to plop out those healthy fruits and veggies, vending machines are getting a makeover. The new vending vats support two temperature zones, feature a landing pad (or “retrieval bin”) for bruise-inclined bananas, and some of its produce will come in special packaging to seal in freshness. [ Wall Street Journal]

A Very Large Toast Portrait, Indeed: The world’s most enormous toast mosaic has been created, and it’s comprised of a mere 9,852 slices of bread. U.K.-based Laura Hadland recruited 40 friends and 9 toasters for the 32’x42’ portrait of her mum-in-law, Sandra Whitfield. “It was certainly a massive shock,” Whitfield gushed to the Daily Mail of her 50th birthday present. “I love toast, but it feels very strange seeing my face made out of it.” [ dailymail.co.uk]

New Blog Fave: Underhill Lounge Shaken, stirred, up, with a twist – no matter how you like your cocktail, there’s a smart one awaiting you at this blog. While some posts start out with a warning (“dangerous cocktail geekery ahead!"), we wager all the sips featured here will go down smooth. [ underhill-lounge.flannestad.com]

Here's our round-up of food news, trends and happenings across the web. Check back for more, and tell us what else you're loving in the comments.

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