Today’s food spotlight is on the Hamburger. There’s some controversy over the origin of the hamburger because its two basic ingredients, bread and beef, had been prepared and consumed separately for many years before they were combined. Some have pointed to a...
Today’s Spotlight is on Crème Brûlée. Crème brûlée is a custard dessert with a hard caramel top that’s rich, creamy, and delicious. It has a slightly caramelized and burnt taste, with a combination of light and airy vanilla custards, the nutty flavor of...
Today’s Spotlight in on Bagels. National Bagelfest Day is celebrated on July 26th each year to recognize the tasty and light bread that is the bagel. The holiday was started in 1986 by Murray Lender, the owner of Lender’s Bagels. The first festival was held in...
Today’s spotlight is on the Hot Fudge Sundae. The prevailing theory is that the first hot fudge sundae was created in Los Angeles, California in 1906. Clarence Clifton Brown, the owner of C.C. Brown’s Ice Cream Shop in Los Angeles, is thought to have created the...
Today’s spotlight is on Tequila! A drink similar to tequila likely originated around 1000 B.C. among the Olmec people in what is now Southeastern Mexico. Tequila first came into existence between 250 and 300 A.D. when the Aztec Indians produced a fermented agave juice...
Today’s spotlight is on vanilla ice cream. According to the International Dairy Foods Association, chocolate was the first ice cream flavor invented, and vanilla is the most popular ice cream flavor in the world. The first documented ice cream recipe was by...
