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Convention Wrap-Up

If this year’s presidential race has left a bad taste in your mouth, a new treat from Washington, DC–based chocolatier Harper Macaw might be the fix: The (Very) Political Collection of candy bars includes conversation starters named Tea Party (with Earl Grey tea), Taxation Without Representation, Filibuster, and Flip-Flopper— plus Red State and Left Wing bars so you can bite into the opposition during this summer’s conventions. $9 for one bar; harpermacaw.com

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’HERE’S THE SCOOP

Postal workers will deliver ice cream along with the mail this summer: The USPS has released new stamps featuring banana splits, sundaes and cones. Just don’t lick them—the stamps are self-adhesive.

TAKE A STAND

Bigger is not necessarily better in the world of kitchen appliances: In 1919, KitchenAid’s first stand mixer came with a huge 10-quart bowl (twice the size of the one on a tilt-head model today). Now, almost 100 years later, the company is going mini with a new 3.5-quart mixer (far right). It takes up 20 percent less counter space and is more than six pounds lighter than the 5-quart model. The best news for culinary nerds: The engine is just as powerful. $400; kitchenaid.com

G et he Picture

You can’t eat in the galleries of New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, but you can get a little closer to the food on the walls: The ArtSmart tour company is offering a two-hour Feast Your Eyes tour that focuses on 25 of the museum’s food-and-drinkfilled works and explains their cultural significance—like the fact that 17th-century European centerpieces were probably used for drinking games. $400 for a group of five; artsmart.com

A new size!