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, […]
Health
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 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 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 1
Food & History: October 1 1907 The Plaza Hotel opens at the corner of Central Park South and Fifth Avenue in New York City. 1924 […]
Food & History: September 28
Food & History: September 28 1725 Irish brewer Arthur Guinness born. 1895 French scientist Louis Pasteur dies. He developed the process for killing these organisms […]
Food & History: September 25
Food & History: September 25 1985 William Cumming Rose dies, the American biochemist who established the importance of the 8 essential amino acids in human […]
Food & History: September 24
Food & History: September 24 2013 Burger King introduces ‘Satisfries’, a crinkle-cut french fry with 20% fewer calories than regular fries. Most franchises opted not […]
Food & History: September 15
Food & History: September 15 1885 Constantin Fahlberg receives a patent for the artificial sweetener Saccharin (Sweet’n Low). 1981 The USDA announces that ketchup could […]
Food & History: September 14
Food & History: September 14 2006 US FDA reports an outbreak of E. Coli suspected from fresh spinach. More than 200 people fell ill in 22 […]
Sunscreen Ban
Aruba to Ban Sunscreen With Oxybenzone Last week the government of Aruba announced sunscreens containing oxybenzone will be banned on the island as of 2019 because […]
Food & History: September 10
Food & History: September 10 2001 The first case of mad cow disease reported in a dairy cow in Japan. Please follow and like us:
Food & History: August 11
Food & History: August 11 1858 Christiaan Eijkman born. He was a Dutch physician who discovered that beriberi was caused by a poor diet and […]
Food & History: August 7
Food & History: August 7 1932 Jenny Craig born, founder of chain weight loss centers. 1991 The world’s largest Burger King opened in Budapest. 2013 […]
Food & History: August 4
Food & History: August 4 1693 Dom Perignon discovers the process for making champagne. He is quoted as saying “Come quickly, I am tasting the stars!”. It […]
