DUBUQUE, Ia. — The steady chugging and churning of the candy-making machine at Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey wasn’t loud enough to hurt your ears, but it did make it challenging to hear the person ...

Finally. Some kind of cooking that’s easier in our dry, elevated air. Candy making. That’s not to say that making candy is exactly easy; it takes precision and often practice. But it sets up better in ...

The most immediate and obvious impact is on pure production capacity. Manual processes for cooking, shaping, and wrapping are inherently limited by human speed and endurance. A single lollipop making ...