Food & History: January 3
Food & History: January 3 1888 Patent for wax coated paper drinking straws was issued. 1959 Alaska is admitted as the 49th United State. 1977 […]
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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 […]
Food & History: December 31
Food & History: December 31 1600 The British East India Company created to compete in the East Indian spice trade. 1907 The Times introduces the […]
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 25
Food & History: December 25 336 The first recorded celebration of Christmas. 1213 King John of England orders 3,000 capons, 1,000 salted eels, 400 hogs, […]
Food & History: December 22
Food & History: December 22 1888 Horn & Hardart open a 15-stool lunchroom, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1922 The Mount Royal Hotel in Montreal, Canada opens with 1,046 […]
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: December 3
Food & History: December 3 1368 Charles VI of France was born. He gave sole rights for the aging of Roquefort cheese to the village […]
Food & History: November 28
Food & History: November 28 1520 Under the command of Portuguese, explorer Ferdinand Magellan sailed from the Atlantic Ocean through the passage now known as […]
Food & History: November 27
Food & History: November 27 1701 Anders Celsius born, a Swedish astronomer who developed the temperature scale. 1910 Pennsylvania Station, the largest railway station in […]
Food & History: November 26
Food & History: November 26 1789 US President George Washington signs a proclamation declaring Thursday the 26th day of November as the first national Thanksgiving […]
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 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 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 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 […]
