Today’s spotlight is on Fortune Cookies. Fortune cookies can symbolize luck, wisdom, fate, and the unknown. The message inside the cookie is for you, and you picked that cookie out of all the others. Fortune cookies are a dessert served primarily in Chinese...
Today’s spotlight is on the Daiquiri. Love them or hate them, today is their day. The daiquiri is a cocktail made with rum, lime juice, and sugar. It is believed to have originated in in 1898 in the town of Daiquiri on the southeastern tip of Cuba near Santiago. Thus,...
Today’s foods spotlight is on Caviar. Caviar is made from the unfertilized fish eggs, or roe, of the female sturgeon. Sturgeon is a prehistoric species native to rivers and lakes in eastern Europe and central Asia. Only female sturgeon are used for caviar production...
Today we celebrate Peach Ice Cream. The history of peach ice cream can be traced back to the 18th century, when ice cream was a luxury food that was only enjoyed by the wealthy. In 1900 a chef created a new version of the dessert containing peaches with raspberry...
Today is National Gummy Worm Day. Gummy worms slithered onto the scene on July 15, the date on which we now mark as Gummy Worm Day. Gummy worms were invented in the early 1980s by the German confectionery manufacturer Haribo. Haribo was known for their...
Today is National French Fries Day. French fries were likely invented in Belgium in 1680. During a cold winter, the Meuse River froze over, and people couldn’t catch the small fish they usually fried and ate. Instead, they cut potatoes into strips and fried them...
