Food & History: October 15
Food & History: October 15 1895 Henry D. Perky receives the US for Shredded Wheat. 1959 Super Celebrity Chef Emeril Lagasse born in Fall River, […]
Food & History: October 14
Food & History: October 14 1721 Gurdon Saltonstall, Governor of the Colony of Connecticut, proclaims November 8, 1721 as “Publick Thanksgiving” 1953 Clarence Saunders dies, […]
Food & History: October 13
Food & History: October 13 54 Tiberius Claudius Caesar dies from eating poison mushrooms by his wife Agrippina after she learned her son Nero was […]
Food & History: October 12
Food & History: October 12 1492 Explorer Christopher Columbus arrives in the Bahamas. 1810 The first Oktoberfest is celebrated in Munich. 1923 Jean Nidetch born, […]
Food & History: October 11
Food & History: October 11 1811 The first steam-powered ferryboat began operation between New York City and Hoboken, New Jersey. 1844 Founder of the Heinz […]
Fast Food Burgers
Fast Food Burgers I don’t eat a lot of fast food. In fact it is very much a last resort when I have little or […]
Food & History: October 10
Food & History: October 10 1796 The traditional date of the creation of the metric system. 1892 Earle Dickson born, he invented Band-Aids for his […]
Food & History: October 9
Food & History: October 9 1891 Otto Schnering born, founder of the Curtiss Candy Company. Their first product was called Kandy Kake, later renamed Baby […]
Food & History: October 8
Food & History: October 8 1901 The “Domino” sugar trademark registered. 1906 Harry G. Day born. He helped introduce fluoride into toothpaste. 1945 Patent for […]
Food & History: October 7
Food & History: October 7 1950 Inventor of the Air Conditioner, Willis Haviland Carrier dies. 1956 Clarence Birdseye dies in New York. He gave birth […]
Food & History: October 6
Food & History: October 6 1790 Jacob Schweppe demonstrates his process for making artificial mineral water. 1893 Cream of Wheat developed by wheat millers of […]
Frozen Pizza
Frozen Pizza Rankings Its so very hard to test/taste/judge pizza. Especially when its bad, and trust me, there is plenty of bad pizza out there […]
The Upstairs Bar
The Upstairs Bar This is a really cool place of interest. This was a speakeasy during Prohibition in the late 1920s a Philly gangster named […]
Food & History: October 5
Food & History: October 5 1983 Earl Silas Tupper dies, the inventor of Tupperware containers. 2007 Topps, one of the largest makers of frozen hamburgers, […]
Food & History: October 4
Food & History: October 4 2006 New York Times journalist and food writer R.W. Apple dies at the age of 71.
