Food Network and the Candy Critic

What's the coolest thing that can happen to the Candy Critic you might ask. Well the Chicago Candy Expo was pretty cool and finding a cool treat in a strange land is always a kick. Well here I am to add yet another notch in the belt of cool candy things. Recently a production company contacted me asking if I wanted to be on a Food Network show called, "What America Eats". They're taping a show all about candy and they thought I would make a good subject for a segment. I was a little skeptical at first, then they told me they would take me to a candy store and let me go nuts, I was sold. So off to New York I went, to tape a fun little segment for the Food Network and to run amuck through a candy store causing more candy mayhem than ever before.

So here's how this works, each set of pictures has a little text describing what went on. Click on the picture to see the whole thing and read a little more about the shoot.

My day started out pretty simple, we sat down in a downtown office and talked about candy. They asked me what I like to eat and what I don't. It seemed pretty simple at this point but in the back of my mind all I wanted was to check out this candy store and go nuts. Soon we were off, our destination, a little shop called 'The Sweet Life' in Lower Manhattan. I had no idea the adventure that was about to take place, but I did know that I wouldn't stop eating until I was sick. A place so full of candy delights and I was going to make it my very own candy devouring paradise. All you need is a camera, a TV show and a dental plan and you too could go completely nuts in a candy store with total disregard for your own health. Well you'll have to see how it went when you check it out on the Food Network in March of 2004, but you can check out more shots of my candy experience below.