Food & History: January 1
Food & History: January 1 1449 Lorenzo de Medici (The Magnificent) of Florence born, great grandfather of Catherine who is known as the Mother of […]
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Food & History: December 30
Food & History: December 30 1817 The first coffee is planted in Hawaii. 1851 Asa Griggs Candler born, he bought the formula for Coca-Cola from […]
Food & History: December 29
Food & History: December 29 1908 G & JG Smith register the Glenlivet’ trademark for scotch whiskey. 1921 Robert C. Baker born, inventor of chicken […]
Food & History: December 27
Food & History: December 27 1741 Jean Etienne Bore born, inventor of the sugar granulating process and founder of the sugar industry in Louisiana. 1822 […]
Food & History: December 13
Food & History: December 13 1813 French agronomist Antoine Augustin Parmentier dies, promoter of the potato as a food source instrumental in gaining its acceptance […]
Food & History: December 11
Food & History: December 11 1874 James Lewis Kraft born, founder of Kraft, a wholesale cheese distributor and producer. 1889 Walter Knott born, founder Knott’s […]
Food & History: December 8
Food & History: December 8 2006 A smoking ban in all Nevada bars and restaurants goes into effect. Please follow and like us:
Food & History: December 7
Food & History: December 7 1879 Charles Lavelle Broley born in Canada, he was one of the first to implicate DDT as a toxic pesticide […]
Food & History: December 6
Food & History: December 6 1492 Columbus sighted the islands now known as Haiti and the Dominican Republic. 1883 Ladies’ Home Journal & Practical Housekeeper’ […]
Food & History: November 23
Food & History: November 23 1534 German botanist Otto Brunfels dies. His work is considered to be a bridge between ancient and modern botany. 1553 […]
Food & History: November 22
Food & History: November 22 1862 Dr. Alexander P. Anderson born. He developed puffed rice which was introduced to the world at the St. Louis […]
Food & History: November 21
Food & History: November 21 1934 NABISCO introduces Ritz Crackers. 1964 The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge linking Brooklyn and Staten Island, opens. 2005 Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa […]
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 […]
Food & History: November 17
Food & History: November 17 1749 French cook Nicolas Appert born. He developed the method of preserving by canning. 1857 H.N. Wadsworth of Washington DC […]
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 […]
