Candy queen comes to Camana Bay

(CNS): Dylan Lauren, the founder and chief executive of the Dylan’s Candy Bar emporiums and the daughter of designer Ralph and photographer Ricky Lauren, will be appearing at Books and Books this evening in Cayman Bay. The candy queen will be promoting her new coffee table book, Dylan’s Candy Bar: Unwrap Your Sweet Life (Clarkson Potter). As well as discussing her book and signing copies, Lauren will be showing local readers how to make and decorate as well as celebrate candy. Lauren’s up-market candy store carries more than 5,000 kinds of candy and in her book she says, "Candy is magic! Candy is imagination! Candy is art! Candy is always in fashion! Candy is joy!"

Lauren turned her love of sweets into a lifestyle, when she opened Dylan’s Candy Bar in New York City in 2001. A decade later, she now has a chain of these smile-inducing shops around the US. Lauren is expected to bring some of her treats with her to Cayman to share with guests at Books & Books, where she will chat about the book, which she says is about seeing the beauty of candy and how artistic its colours, shapes and textures are.

Part of the visiting author series, guests are invited from 7pm Tuesday 22 February to indulge their sweet tooth.