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Halloween is done, meaning those six-bags-for-a-buck Snickers deals at CVS have gone the way of your fructose-eroded molar enamel, at least till candy cane season kicks off (in 3, 2, 1 ... ). I can't think of a better excuse to pick up Anita Chu's new Field Guide to Candy (Quirk Books, $15.95), a book that'll help you properly identify (and make) more than 100 varieties of treats — some contemporary, some esoteric, all presented in unadulterated, cavity-inducing glory. This book, which came out ...  

Halloween marks the start of fall candy season. Whether bought or homemade, candied sweets are found in homes from the end of October through the December holidays. It's timely, then, that Anita Chu has just written her "Field Guide to Candy: How to Identify and Make Virtually Every Candy Imaginable" (Quirk, $15.95). In it, you'll find all types of homemade treats, from the simplest candied nuts to the more complicated filled, molded chocolates.  

Anita Chu takes on those candies and more in her new book, "Field Guide to Candy." Photographed and styled in the likeness of a birding manual, each candy is photographed in full color with step-by-step instructions for the home cook. Small enough to fit in your pocket, Chu's book is divided into five categories: chocolates; sugary sweets; creamy, sticky, chewy candies; nutty treats; and fun and simple classics.  

With tomorrow being Halloween , we've unofficially opened the Pandora's Box that is Fall sweets season. That's why the Field Guide to Candy ( $16 ) couldn't have come at a better time. Pastry chef Anita Chu , who authored the Field Guide to Cookies , has come out with a second book, which promises to teach you "how to identify and make virtually every candy imaginable."  

Posted 9:28 a.m. Mon. Oct. 12 - By day, Fred Chu is an ophthalmologist and Anita Chu is a neurologist. But by night, they are tango aficionados.  

Halloween marks the start of fall candy season. Whether bought or homemade, candied sweets are found in homes from the end of October through the December holidays. It's timely, then, that Anita Chu has just written her "Field Guide to Candy: How to Identify and Make Virtually Every Candy Imaginable."  

Halloween marks the start of fall candy season. Whether bought or homemade, candied sweets are found in homes from the end of October through the December holidays. It's timely, then, that Anita Chu has just written her "Field Guide to Candy: How to Identify and Make Virtually Every Candy Imaginable" (Quirk, $15.95). In it, you'll find all types of homemade treats, from the simplest candied nuts to the more complicated filled, molded chocolates.