Hi everyone – I’m Laurie, and I am a Candy Addict. (Hi, Laurie.) As a kid, my favorite candy was anything cheap and long-lasting enough to get me through the week (a $1-a-week candy allowance doesn’t go far). Then as an adult, I discovered the joys of a steady paycheck and easy access to the fifth (and BEST) food group – sugar. My favorite candies include dark chocolate, caramel, gummies, sours… oh, who am I kidding? I love it all! In my day job, I proofread and copyedit cookbooks, a job with the side benefit of getting to taste-test tons of recipes, including desserts.
When I’m not editing cookbooks or writing about candy, I enjoy biking, playing video games, reading science fiction and fantasy, and rifling through the shelves at my local ethnic grocery stores in search of new and interesting ingredients (not to mention exciting new candy!). I also dabble in fiction writing with a couple of novels on the go. My pet peeves include improperly used apostrophes, black jellybeans, and having to remember not to use the “Canadian u” after having it pounded into my head by years of Professional Writing classes.
