Food & History: August 31
Food & History: August 31 1742 A plague of grasshoppers destroys farm crops in Pennsylvania. 1817 A sturgeon fish measuring 7.5′ is caught in the […]
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Food & History: August 30
Food & History: August 30 1812 Agoston Haraszthy de Mokcsa born. He was responsible for importeing 1,400 varieties of grapevines to the Sanoma Valley in […]
Food & History: August 29
Food & History: August 29 1893 60 independent orange growers formed the Southern California Fruit Exchange to market their fruit. 1896 Chop suey created in […]
Food & History: August 28
Food & History: August 28 1798 The first American vineyard planted in Lexington, Kentucky. 1837 John Lea and William Perrins of Worcester, England begin manufacturing […]
Food & History: August 27
Food & History: August 27 1940 Nestle trademarks ‘Toll House’ chocolate chip cookies. 1971 Restaurateur Alice Waters opens Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California. Please follow and like us:
Food & History: August 26
Food & History: August 26 1883 The volcanic island of Mount Krakatoa in Indonesia (Dutch Indies) began one of the most violent volcanic eruptions history. […]
Food & History: August 25
Food & History: August 25 1810 Peter Durand granted the first patent for preserving food in tin cans. 1958 Momofuku Ando of Nissin Foods markets […]
Food & History: August 24
Food & History: August 24 1795 Reverend Samuel Henshall receives patent for the corkscrew. 1869 Cornelius Swarthout receives a US patent for a stovetop waffle […]
Food & History: August 23
Food & History: August 23 1858 ‘Ten Nights in a Bar Room’ opens in New York City, a melodrama about the evils of drink. 1902 Fannie […]
First Michter’s Toasted Barrel Bourbon in 3 Years
Michter’s Toasted Barrel Bourbon LOUISVILLE KY August 21, 2018 — Michter’s Distillery, based in Louisville, Kentucky, is releasing the 2018 bottling of its innovative US*1 Toasted Barrel […]
Food & History: August 22
Food & History: August 22 1950 Hormel registers the SPAM trademark 1965 The first airline stewardess Ellen Church dies. 1970 Giada De Laurentiis born in […]
Food & History: August 21
Food & History: August 21 1959 Hawaii officially becomes the 50th state of the United States. 1962 McDonald’s franchisee Edwin Traisman receives the patent for […]
Food & History: August 20
Food & History: August 20 1867 The British Parliament mandates that lemon or lime juice must be provided to most ships crews daily to prevent […]
Food & History: August 19
Food & History: August 19 1851 Charles Elmer Hires born, the pharmacist who created Hires Root Beer. 1913 Clarence Crane registers the ‘Life Savers’ trademark. 1919 […]
Food & History: August 18
Food & History: August 18 2010 USDA expanded a recall of eggs from two Iowa producers to 380 million eggs nationwide after they were linked […]
