In October, they had to increase the price of a package of 12 fist-sized chocolate-covered pretzels from $18.99 to $22.99. Skolnick thought the price hike was fair, considering cocoa prices have ...

Many scholars believe the pretzel originated as a Lenten food in Italy during the Middle Ages. Sometime around the year 600, a monk baked Lenten bread in a shape that would remind his peers of the ...