# Susan Benjamin

susan benjamin has researched communications and the cultural and political history of food for almost 40 years. She is founder of True Treats Historic Candy, the nation's only research-based candy store, which was listed by Food Network magazine, delish.com and Holiday Lettings, Trip Advisor's international arm, as one of the nation's top 50 “Sweet Spots.” A former communications strategist and college professor, she participated in a White House initiative under Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, and has written nine books on related subjects, and published in legal journals, newspapers and online publications. == Education == She studied philosophy and writing at Boston University and Bennington College and received her master's degree in Writing where she worked with her mentor, C.Michael Curtis, senior editor of The Atlantic.