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 […]
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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 […]
Food & History: November 7
Food & History: November 7 1836 Chef of Delmonico’s Restaurant in NYC Charles Ranhofer born. 1872 The ship Mary Celeste sailed for Genoa from New […]
Food & History: November 5
Food & History: November 5 1943 “Chef Tell’ (Friedman Paul Erhardt) born, one of the earliest celebrity TV chefs. 1963 Viking ruins found by archaeologists […]
Food & History: October 28
Food & History: October 28 1846 Georges Auguste Escoffier born. Known as “the emperor of chefs” and “emperor of the world’s kitchens” by Emperor William II […]
Food & History: October 27
Food & History: October 27 1728 Captain James Cook born, the British explorer who charted many Pacific Islands, including the Sandwich Islands, better known as […]
Food & History: October 18
Food & History: October 18 1966 American Merchant S.S. Kresge dies, founder of Kmart, eventually evolved into Sears. Ironically, they also filed for bankruptcy protection […]
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 […]
The Upstairs Bar
The Upstairs Bar This is a really cool place of interest. This was a speakeasy during Prohibition in the late 1920s a Philly gangster named […]
Food & History: October 3
Food & History: October 3 1789 President George Washington signs a proclamation declaring Thursday the 26th day of November Thanksgiving Day. 1863 President Abraham Lincoln […]
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 […]
Bourdain Trail
Bourdain Trail There really is no valid argument that Anthony Bourdain was not the world’s most travelled person. He travelled more than 200 days per […]
Pipeline World Trade Center
Pipeline World Trade Center The Pipeline in Lower Manhattan was a restaurant at the base of the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center. There […]
Food & History: September 12
Food & History: September 12 1818 Richard Jordan Gatling born. Before he invented the Gatling Gun he had developed a machine for sowing rice, wheat, […]
