Food & History: November 20
Food & History: November 20 1758 Alexandre Balthazar Laurent Grimod de La Reynière born. He was a French writer and gastronome who was notorious for […]
Fast Food
Food & History: November 19
Food & History: November 19 1493 Christopher Columbus discovers Puerto Rico during his 2nd voyage to the New World. 1961 Michael Rockefeller, son of Governor […]
Food & History: November 15
Food & History: November 15 1660 Asser Levy from Portugal becomes the first butcher to sell kosher meat in New York City (then known as […]
Food & History: November 13
Food & History: November 13 1805 It is said that German butcher Johann George Lehner created a sausage while living in Vienna, Austria. It was […]
Food & History: November 3
Food & History: November 3 1718 John Montague, 4th Earl of Sandwich born. Captain Cook named the Sandwich Islands after him (now known as Hawaii). […]
Food & History: November 1
Food & History: November 1 1897 The Waldorf-Astoria opens as the largest hotel in the world at the time with 1,300 rooms. 1997 Victor Mills […]
Food & History: October 31
Food & History: October 31 Halloween 1905 Campbell’s logo trademark for baked beans. 1917 British Food Author Patience Gray born. 1920 Justice Oliver Wendell Homes hands […]
Food & History: October 30
Food & History: October 30 1815 Horticulturist Andrew Jackson Downing born. Author of ‘The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America’. 1877 Irma S. Rombauer born, […]
Food & History: October 22
Food & History: October 22 1897 Ettore “Hector” Boiardi, better known as Chef Boyardee born. 1981 The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approves NutraSweet (Aspartame), […]
Food & History: October 19
Food & History: October 19 1917 Salvation Army volunteer Helen Purviance made the first doughnuts for homesick US soldiers. 1960 The United States imposed an […]
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 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 […]
